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1.1 Test your understanding
Type : Practice Quiz
Questions : 5
Scoring Policy : Highest Score

Your Marks : 3/5

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Attempt #1 Marks: 3
Apr 13, 12:47 PM

Q No: 1 Correct Answer

Marks: 1/1
Because it makes comparisons incredibly easy, ____ is a very popular technique to measure the degree of association between variables.

Correlation You Selected

Mean
Variance
Standard Deviation
Correlation helps in quantifying relationships between variables, and hence it is a very popular technique to measure the degree of
association.

Q No: 2 Incorrect Answer

Marks: 0/1
Which of the following is/are a measure of the spread of data?

Correlation
Covariance
Variance
Standard Deviation
 2 and 3
2, 3, and 4 You Selected

3 and 4 Correct Option

3
Variance and Standard Deviation summarize how close each observed data value is to the mean value. Therefore, if all values of a
dataset are the same, the standard deviation and variance are zero.

Q No: 3 Correct Answer

Marks: 1/1
Which of the following statements is correct about the image below?

It shows positive correlation between variables

It shows negative correlation between variables You Selected

There is no correlation between variables

None of the above
We can see that two variables are moving in opposite directions, and hence this signifies a negative relationship.

Q No: 4 Correct Answer

Marks: 1/1
Which of the following is unitless?

Variance
Covariance
Correlation You Selected

Standard deviation
Correlation is unitless because the units in the numerator and denominator(while calculating correlation) cancel out each other, giving
us a unitless measure.
Q No: 5 Incorrect Answer
Marks: 0/1
Correlation does not imply causation.

True Correct Option

False You Selected

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Correlation does not imply causation, it just signifies the relationship. The cause may or may not be the variables themselves.

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