Canonical correlation comes closest to being a technique related to
A)correlation
B)regression
C)factor analysis
D)all of the above

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Canonical correlation is a multivariate statistical technique that can be seen as related to all of the mentioned techniques: correlation, because it measures the relationship between two sets of variables; regression, because it can predict one set of variables from another; and factor analysis, because it can be used to identify latent variables that explain the correlation between the sets of variables.

Canonical Correlation Comes Closest to Being a Technique Related to