Which Statement Is Not Correct About the Partial Correlation Coefficient

Which statement is not correct about the partial correlation coefficient?

A) The partial correlation coefficient can be calculated by a knowledge of the simple correlations alone.
B) Partial correlations can be helpful for detecting spurious relationships.
C) The partial correlation coefficient represents the correlation between Y and X when the linear effects of the other independent variables have been removed from X but not from Y.
D) The partial correlation coefficient is generally viewed as more important than the part correlation coefficient.