A Perfect Spearman Correlation of +1 or −1 Between Two

question 14

Multiple Choice

A perfect Spearman correlation of +1 or −1 between two variables indicates

• A) a perfect linear relationship between the two variables
• B) a perfect monotone function of the two variables.
• C) the Pearson correlation is 1
• D) the Pearson correlation is +1 or -1
• E) the two variables are not related.

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