Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Correlation

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the correlation coefficient?

• A)It is a statistic that indicates the amount of spread in a distribution of scores.
• B)It is a measure of central tendency.
• C)It is a measure of variability.
• D)It is a statistic that describes how strongly variables are related to one another.

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