The covariance is different from the variance in that the covariance ______.
A) incorporates information about two variables
B) standardizes the variability in both variables
C) incorporates the sum of the differences between scores and their means
D) none of these; they are the same.

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Covariance measures the degree to which two variables change together, incorporating information about both variables, unlike variance which measures variability of a single variable.

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