The Correlation Between X and Y

question 5

Multiple Choice

The correlation between X and Y

• A)cannot be negative since variances are always positive.
• B)is the covariance squared.
• C)can be calculated by dividing the covariance between X and Y by the product of the two standard deviations.
• D)is given by corr(X,
• Y)= .

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