When the Relationship Between Two Variables Is Very Strong and Decreasing

question 142

Multiple Choice

When the relationship between two variables is very strong and decreasing in a linear way,the Spearman rank-correlation coefficient will be close to:

• A)0
• B)−1
• C)ρ
• D)∞

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