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Notes

Linear Correlation of Two Variables


Objectives

• Draw (or identify) and interpret a scatter plot of two quantitative variables.
• Describe the properties of the linear correlation coefficient.

Two Variables

Evidence of a relationship between two ________________ variables implies


some type of correlation.

The _____________ ____________ or predictor is the independent variable.

The _____________ ____________ is the dependent variable, whose value can


be explained by the value of the explanatory variable.

Scatter Plot

A ___________ ________or ______________ is a graphical representation of the


relationship between two quantitative variables.

Each point of the graph represents two measurements (an ordered pair).

• The x-coordinate represents the value of the ______________ variable


along the horizontal axis.
• The y-coordinate represents the value of the ______________ variable
along the vertical axis.

Ex: Height vs. Shoe Size


Linear or Not?
Linear Correlation Coefficient

AKA: Pearson product moment correlation coefficient,


it measures the _____________ and ______________ of the linear relation
between two quantitative variables.

The Greek letter ρ (rho) represents the _______________ correlation coefficient.

The English letter r represents the ___________ correlation coefficient.

𝑃𝑃𝑅𝑅𝑂𝑂𝑃𝑃𝐸𝐸𝑅𝑅𝑇𝑇𝐼𝐼𝐸𝐸𝑆𝑆

• ____ ≤ 𝑟𝑟 ≤ _____
• 𝑟𝑟 = 1 perfect ______________ linear relation
• 𝑟𝑟=−1 perfect ______________ linear relation
• Values of 𝑟𝑟 close to 0 imply little to _____ linear relationship
• 𝑟𝑟 is a unitless measure of association
• Resistant? ...

Ex: Height vs. Shoe Size

𝑃𝑃𝑅𝑅𝑂𝑂𝑃𝑃𝐸𝐸𝑅𝑅𝑇𝑇𝐼𝐼𝐸𝐸𝑆𝑆

• Resistant? ...

• An observation that does not follow


the overall pattern of the data affects the
value of 𝒓𝒓

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