In Which Case(s) Should You Be Suspicious of a Correlation

question 33

Multiple Choice

In which case(s) should you be suspicious of a correlation that is presented?

• A)When the data is likely to contain outliers.
• B)When the sample size is small.
• C)When removing one point in the data set actually reverses the direction of the trend.
• D)All of the above

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