Under What Condition Could the Coefficient of Multiple Determination (R²)be

question 25

Multiple Choice

Under what condition could the coefficient of multiple determination (R²) be lower in value than the zero-order correlation coefficients?

• A)under no condition.This is mathematically impossible.
• B)only when all bivariate relationships are negative
• C)only when all bivariate relationships are zero
• D)only when the relationships are spurious

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