A _ Is a Lower- Triangle Matrix Containing Pairwise Distances

question 35

Multiple Choice

A _ is a lower- triangle matrix containing pairwise distances between objects or cases.

• A) classification matrix
• B) similarity/distance coefficient matrix
• C) correlation matrix
• D) factor matrix

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