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Agriculture · Q651

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 651

Q651

Rapidly used in agronomy, correlation coefficient 'r' lies between

A.
0 and 1
B.
-1 and 0
C.
-1 to +1
Answer
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The correlation coefficient (r) is a measure of the closeness of association of the points in a scatter plot to a linear regression line based on the points.
Possible values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, -1 indicates a perfectly linear negative i.e. inverse correlation and +1 indicates a perfect linear positive correlation.