A ________ is a lower-triangle matrix containing pairwise distances between objects or cases.
A) similarity/distance coefficient matrix
B) classification matrix
C) factor matrix
D) correlation matrix

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A lower-triangle matrix containing pairwise distances between objects or cases is a distance coefficient matrix. It is used to measure the dissimilarity or distance between different cases in clustering or multidimensional scaling analyses. Therefore, choice A, similarity/distance coefficient matrix, is the best choice. The other choices are not relevant for this specific definition.

A ________ Is a Lower-Triangle Matrix Containing Pairwise Distances Between