When an independent variable is correlated with one other independent variable, the variables are said to be
A)collinear.
B)pairwise.
C)independent.
D)mutually exclusive.

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When two independent variables are correlated, it means that they are related in some way and therefore not truly independent of each other. The term used to describe this relationship is "collinear." Pairwise refers to comparing two variables at a time, but does not necessarily imply a correlation. Independent and mutually exclusive do not accurately describe the relationship between correlated independent variables.

When an Independent Variable Is Correlated with One Other Independent