What is the correlation coefficient?
A) 0.81
B) 0.958
C) -0.84
D) 0.006

Question

What is the correlation coefficient? 
A) 0.81 
B) 0.958 
C) -0.84 
D) 0.006

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The correlation coefficient measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. A coefficient of 1 indicates a perfect positive linear relationship, while a coefficient of -1 indicates a perfect negative linear relationship. A coefficient of 0 indicates no linear relationship. Therefore, options A, C, and D are not possible choices because the coefficients are either too high, negative or too low. Option B, however, has a coefficient that is close to 1, indicating a strong positive linear relationship. This is the best choice.

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