What Is the Statistic That Measures the Direction and Strength

question 84

Multiple Choice

What is the statistic that measures the direction and strength of the linear relationship between two variables?

• A) r²
• B) Coefficient of variation
• C) Variance
• D) Coefficient of kurtosis
• E) Correlation coefficient

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