Strongly Related Variables May Have a Correlation Close to Zero

question 40

True/False

Strongly related variables may have a correlation close to zero if the relationship is nonlinear.

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Definitions:

Anthocerophyta

A phylum of small, non-vascular plants known as hornworts, characterized by a sporophyte that resembles a horn.

Lycopodiophyta

A division of vascular plants, also known as club mosses, characterized by their microphyll leaves and spore-based reproduction.

Hornworts

A group of non-vascular plants belonging to the division Anthocerotophyta, characterized by a horn-like structure which is the sporophyte growing from a flat, green thallus.

Alternation of Generations

A type of life cycle characteristic of plants and a few algae and fungi in which they spend part of their life in a multicellular n gametophyte stage and part in a multicellular 2n sporophyte stage.