The partial correlation coefficient will reveal an interactive relationship between three variables when________.
A) the partial correlation coefficient drops to zero.
B) the partial is greater in value than the zero-order correlation coefficient.
C) the partial correlation coefficient is negative.
D) none of the answer choices. Partial correlation will not detect interaction.

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Partial correlation is used to measure the degree of association between two variables, while controlling for the effect of one or more other variables. It does not reveal interactive relationships between variables, but rather the direct relationship between two variables, accounting for other variables. Interaction effects involve how the relationship between two variables changes at different levels of a third variable, which is not what partial correlation assesses.

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