The Limitation of Covariance as a Descriptive Measure of Association

question 27

Multiple Choice

The limitation of covariance as a descriptive measure of association is that it

• A) only captures positive relationships
• B) does not capture the units of the variables
• C) is very sensitive to the units of the variables
• D) is invalid if one of the variables is categorical
• E) none of these options

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