Which of the Following Statements Is Correct Regarding Obtaining a Correlation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct regarding obtaining a correlation coefficient of zero?

A) Because there is no correlation, there is no need to examine the scatterplot.
B) If the scatterplot is curvilinear, that would further support the notion that there is no meaningful relationship between the variables.
C) If the scatterplot is curvilinear, that might indicate that there is a relationship, but that its nature changes at different levels of the variables.
D) None of these.