Which Statement Is Not Correct About the Partial Correlation Coefficient

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which statement is not correct about the partial correlation coefficient?

• A) Partial correlations can be helpful for detecting spurious relationships.
• B) The partial correlation coefficient represents the correlation between Y and X when the linear effects of the other independent variables have been removed from X but not from Y.
• C) The partial correlation coefficient is generally viewed as more important than the part correlation coefficient.
• D) The partial correlation coefficient can be calculated by a knowledge of the simple correlations alone.

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