Which of the Following Statistical Measures Is Most Helpful for Indicating

question 102

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statistical measures is most helpful for indicating the extent to which people's happiness predicts the number of friends they have?

• A) standard deviation
• B) median
• C) mean
• D) correlation coefficient

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