Which Statement Is Not Correct About the Partial Correlation Coefficient

Multiple Choice

Which statement is not correct about the partial correlation coefficient?

A) Partial correlations can be helpful for detecting spurious relationships.
B) The partial correlation coefficient represents the correlation between Y and X when the linear effects of the other independent variables have been removed from X but not from Y.
C) The partial correlation coefficient is generally viewed as more important than the part correlation coefficient.
D) The partial correlation coefficient can be calculated by a knowledge of the simple correlations alone.