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Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient is also called:

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SSC CGL 2024 (Tier-I) Previous Year Paper (17-Sep-2024) (Shift 3)
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Product moment correlation coefficient

Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient is also called the product moment correlation coefficient, which measures the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two variables.

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