What Can We Conclude If the Correlation Between Variable a and Variable

question 170

Multiple Choice

What can we conclude if the correlation between variable A and variable B is zero?

• A) A and B have the same mean, the same median, and the same distribution.
• B) As A goes up, B does not consistently go either up or down.
• C) If we know the value of A, we can predict the value of B with zero error.
• D) As A goes up, B goes down.

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