A Scatter Plot in Which All the Points Fall in a Straight

question 181

Multiple Choice

A scatter plot in which all the points fall in a straight diagonal line would be characteristic of two sets of variables which

• A) are perfectly correlated.
• B) have a correlation coefficient of 0.0.
• C) show equal amounts of variability.
• D) are characterized by none of these.

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Definitions:

Health Behaviors

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Transtheoretical Approach

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Health Action Process

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