Perfectly ________ Correlated Series Move Exactly Together and Have a Correlation

question 20

Multiple Choice

Perfectly ________ correlated series move exactly together and have a correlation coefficient of ________, while perfectly ________ correlated series move exactly in opposite directions and have a correlation coefficient of ________.

• A) negatively; -1; positively; +1
• B) negatively; +1; positively; -1
• C) positively; -1; negatively; +1
• D) positively; +1; negatively; -1

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Definitions:

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