Which Correlation Coefficient Demonstrates the Strongest Relationship

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which correlation coefficient demonstrates the strongest relationship?

• A) +0.5
• B) -0.7
• C) +1.2
• D) -3.2

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, commonly used to measure the accuracy of a sample mean.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion of a set of values in a population, reflecting how much the values differ from the mean of the population.