Partial Correlation Analysis

question 9

Multiple Choice

Partial correlation analysis:

• A) simultaneously investigates the effects of several independent variables on a dependent variable.
• B) is used to predict the probability that an object or individual will belong in one of two mutually exclusive categories.
• C) is the measure of association between two linear variables after controlling for the effects of other variables.
• D) simultaneously tests for the mean difference of the dependent variable with two or more nonmetric independent variables.

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