A correlation refers to:
A) a form of reliability that evaluates how well a measure correlates with a similar, but different, measure of the same variable.
B) a measure of the linear relationships between two variables.
C) the degree to which individual items in a respective scale interrelate with one another.
D) the temporal stability of a measure at multiple sessions.

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A correlation specifically refers to a statistical measure that expresses the extent to which two variables linearly relate to each other. This means it quantifies the degree to which changes in one variable are associated with changes in another variable, without implying causation.

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