Three of the following four pairs of countries have identical levels of dissimilarity. Which pair is the odd one out?
Answer: D
Let us consider the options:
1. Malaysia and China: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 4 for ‘V’ or ‘N’.
2. China and Thailand: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 4 for ‘V’.
3. Thailand and Japan: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 4 for ‘D’.
4. Japan and Malaysia: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 3 for ‘V’ or ‘N’.
Hence, option (d).