When Discussing the Concept of Covariance, the Distance from a Specific

question 13

Multiple Choice

When discussing the concept of covariance, the distance from a specific observation (i.e. data point) to that of the mean of a given variable is known as

• A) Residual
• B) Effect
• C) Difference
• D) Margin

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