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In statistics what is meant by Correlation?

looks at association between variables

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What is meant by the correlation coefficient?

This indicates how closely the points lie to a line drawn through the plotted data

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What information does a correlation coefficient give you about two variables?

gives information about how one variable may increase or decrease as another variable increases

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What is Linear regression?

linear regression may be used to predict how much one variable changes when a second variable is changed

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