What Does the Value of 'R' Represent in a Correlation

question 19

Multiple Choice

What does the value of 'R' represent in a correlation matrix for bivariate data?

• A) the p values of each pair of variables
• B) correlation of a variable with itself
• C) strength of association between two variables
• D) the number of cases with values for both variables

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