A partial correlation is
a. based on only a portion of a sample
b. generally larger than the Pearson correlation
c. the correlation between two variables with the influence of other variables removed
d. a correlation with error variance removed
e. used when variables are dichotomous rather than continuous
Answer: c. the correlation between two variables with the influence of other variables removed
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