The technique used to find the relationship between two variables when the common influence of one or more variables is removed is called
A) partial correlation.
B) multiple correlation.
C) correlation ratio.
D) tetrachoric correlation.

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Partial correlation is the technique used to find the relationship between two variables when the common influence of one or more variables is removed. Multiple correlation involves finding the relationship between a dependent variable and multiple independent variables. Correlation ratio is a measure of association used for categorical data. Tetrachoric correlation is a method used to estimate the correlation between two latent variables that are measured by dichotomous indicators.

The Technique Used to Find the Relationship Between Two Variables