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What is an apparent although false association between two variable that is caused by some third variable?
Spurious Correlation.
When two variables are correlated there are four possible explanations of the correlation What are they?
a. The correlation between X and Y is spurious b. X is the cause of Y c. Y is the cause of X d. A third variable is the cause of the correlation between X and Y
What is the ability to neutralize the effect of one variable in order to assess the relationship between two other variables?
makeing the correlation spurious
Is 1.10 a strong correlation?
No, The correlation can not be over 1. An example of a strong correlation would be .99
Example sentence using the word correlation?
"He asked what the correlation was between the two things."
What is an example of weak positive correlation?
you
Correlation between exam score and amount of time spent on the exam is an example of?
negative correlation
What is a Correlation example in real life?
Positive Correlation- Age - Amount of medical conditions Negative Correlation- Television Watching- Grades No Correlation- Height of a person- Number of shoes they own Hope this was helpful!
What is an example of undefined correlation?
An undefined correlation is one in which the data would not plot with points making a vertical line.
Does correlation demonstrate causation?
NO. correlation just (implies) a relationship ... for example, both may be caused by the same thing.
An observation that the higher the air temperature the lower the activity of test animals would be an example of what kind of correlation?
negative correlation
What is a Pearson correlation and an example of it?
A Pearson Correlation is similar (same as) to Pearson R which are found between Y and X variables.
