What Does a Correlation Coefficient near 0 Mean

question 24

Multiple Choice

What does a correlation coefficient near 0 mean?

• A)Two variables are moving in the opposite direction.
• B)Two variables are moving in the same direction.
• C)Two variables are unrelated.
• D)One variable is a good predictor of the other.

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