Which of the Following Is True of Euclidean Distances

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of Euclidean distances?

• A) It is used to measure dissimilarity between categorical variable observations.
• B) It is not affected by the scale on which variables are measured.
• C) It increases with the increase in similarity between variable values.
• D) It is susceptible to distortions from outlier measurements.

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