The coefficient of alienation describes the:
A) Neutral information such as age, gender, number of children) about the survey respondent.
B) The amount of variance that is accounted for in one variable by the other variable.
C) Most frequently used measure of relationships between variables.
D) The portion of unexplained variance between the tested variables.

Question

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The coefficient of alienation is a statistic that measures the proportion of variance between two variables that cannot be explained by their correlation. Therefore, the best choice is D, which describes the portion of unexplained variance between the tested variables. Choices A, B, and C are not accurate descriptions of the coefficient of alienation.

The Coefficient of Alienation Describes The