Indexes that describe the relationship of variables within a population are known as measures of
A) central location.
B) variability.
C) correlation.
D) interaction.
E) individual location.

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Correlation measures describe the relationship between variables in a population. Measures of central location (A) describe where the middle of the data is located, measures of variability (B) describe how spread out the data is, measures of interaction (D) describe the relationship between variables in a specific context, and measures of individual location (E) are not a commonly used statistical term.

Indexes That Describe the Relationship of Variables Within a Population