Stage 34 · Statistics

34.6.2 Positive, Negative, and No Correlation

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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