Which one of the following statements is false?   To compute r, the form of the relationship should be linear. If you correlate two quantitative variables, called “x” and “y,” changing the units of measurement for “x” and “y” will not change the correlation between “x” and “y.” If you correlate two quantitative variables, called “x” and “y,” the correlation will not change if you switch which variable is “x” and which is “y.” The correlation coefficient is affected by out

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  1. Which one of the following statements is false?

 

  1. To compute r, the form of the relationship should be linear.
  2. If you correlate two quantitative variables, called “x” and “y,” changing the units of measurement for “x” and “y” will not change the correlation between “x” and “y.”
  3. If you correlate two quantitative variables, called “x” and “y,” the correlation will not change if you switch which variable is “x” and which is “y.”
  4. The correlation coefficient is affected by outliers.
  5. If two quantitative variables are strongly correlated, we should conclude that one variable causes the other.
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