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A cardiologist found a highly significant correlation coefficient (r=0.90,p=0.01) between the systolic blood pressure values and serum cholestrol values of the patients attending his clinic.Which of the following statements is a wrong interpretation of the correlation coefficiency observed?

A. A patient with a low level of systolic BP is also likely to have a low level of serum cholesterol.
B. About 80% of the variation in systolic blood pressure among his patients can be explained by their serum cholesterol values and vice a versa.
C. Since there is a high correlation,the magnitude of both the measurements are likely to be close to each other.
D. A patient with a high level of systolic BP is also likely to have a high level of serum cholesterol
Answer» D. A patient with a high level of systolic BP is also likely to have a high level of serum cholesterol


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