A Seasonal Pattern ______

question 10

Multiple Choice

A seasonal pattern ______.

• A) can occur within a day
• B) can take more than a year to repeat itself
• C) is a multi-year run of observations above and below the trend line
• D) reflects a shift in the time series over time

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Definitions:

Continuous

Refers to a type of variable or data that can take an infinite number of values within a given range.

Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

A measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous variables, computed as the covariance of the variables divided by the product of their standard deviations.

Ordinal

A term referring to a type of data or a scale of measurement where items are ranked in order but the differences between rank positions are not necessarily equidistant.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the degree of association between two variables while holding one or more other variables constant.