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6. A clinical researcher observes that patients with a certain genetic marker tend to respond better to a specific cancer treatment. To understand the strength and direction of this linear relationship, which technical statistical measure would be useful?

A. Mean.
B. Standard deviation.
C. Correlation coefficient.
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D. P-value.

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  • Mean.
  • Standard deviation.
  • Correlation coefficient.
  • P-value.

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