A ________ Is a Lower-Triangle Matrix Containing Pairwise Distances Between

question 23

Multiple Choice

A ________ is a lower-triangle matrix containing pairwise distances between objects or cases.

• A) similarity/distance coefficient matrix
• B) classification matrix
• C) factor matrix
• D) correlation matrix

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