A Correlation Is Used to Understand

question 34

Multiple Choice

A correlation is used to understand:

• A) the probability of a difference in means between either two independent samples or a paired sample through time.
• B) the basic statistics, including the mean, standard deviation, minimums, and maximums of a data set.
• C) the frequency of the data using a display of rectangles with area proportional to the underlying frequency of the data.
• D) the extent to which variables are related to each other.

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