Class 11 Economics (Statistics For Economics) Chapter 7 Correlation Quiz 3 (10 MCQs)

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1. Hours in the mall vs. amount of money spent
2. The correlation coefficient, r, is given for several different linear models for a data set. Which value for r indicates the strongest best fit for the data?
3. If r=0, there is a strong correlation.
4. What is illusory correlation?
5. What is positive correlation?
6. Correlation coefficient is the statistic that measures the strength and direction of a linear association between two quantitative variables.
7. If there is NO correlation between 2 variables, the correlation coefficient is .....
8. Which value of r represents data with a strong positive correlation between two data sets?
9. Correlation applies to both quantitative and categorical data.
10. What does a correlation coefficient describe?