Which of the following represents a statistic between -1 and 1, inclusive.
Select one:
a. Coefficient of Kurtosis
b. Coefficient of Skewness
c. Coefficient of Determination
d. Coefficient of Correlation
e. None of these
Solution:
Given that,
The answer is,
d. Coefficient of Correlation
Option d is correct.
Because,
The correlation coefficient is a statistical measure of the strength of the relationship between the
relative movements of two variables. The values range between -1.0 and 1.0.
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proportion of observed y variation that cannot be explained by the
simple linear regression model. The higher the value of the
coefficient of determination, the more successful is the simple
linear regression model in explaining y variation. If the
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