It would be incorrect to talk about the correlation between gender and income be
ID: 3203000 • Letter: I
Question
It would be incorrect to talk about the correlation between gender and income because:
gender and income have a curvilinear relationship
correlation is reserved for a qualitative dependent variable, and income is not qualitative
correlation is reserved for two qualitative/categorical variables, and income is not categorical
correlation is reserved for two quantitative variables, and gender is not quantitative
a.gender and income have a curvilinear relationship
b.correlation is reserved for a qualitative dependent variable, and income is not qualitative
c.correlation is reserved for two qualitative/categorical variables, and income is not categorical
d.correlation is reserved for two quantitative variables, and gender is not quantitative
Explanation / Answer
The answer to this question is:
For correlation, you need 2 quantitative varibales or numberical variables.
Hence the right option is D.
Correlation is reserved for two quantitative variables, and gender is not quantitative