A correlation coefficient is a number that indicates ____

a. ?the degree of causation between one variable and another
b. ?the amount of difference between two pieces of data
c. ?the strength of a relationship between two factors
d. ?whether a particular result is statistically significant or not

ANSWER:
c

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