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AIt lies between -1 and 1
BIt lies between 0 and 100
CIt has the units of X
DIt is always positive
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. It lies between -1 and 1
Normalising covariance by the standard deviations bounds the coefficient between -1 and 1.
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