34.6 Looking at Two Variables Together: Correlation and Regression
Point 2 of 7
34.6.2 Positive, Negative, and No Correlation
Core idea
Dots drifting up to the right are positive, sliding down to the right are negative, and scattered every which way means almost no relationship
Module goal. Move from a single variable to paired data, describe correlation, fit a line, use it to predict, and understand that correlation is not causation
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