CORRELATION METHODS

Assignment 9b: Correlation Methods

Assignment 9b: Correlation Methods

1. Correlation and Confounding Variables

The correlation establishes the relationship or dependency between the two variables involved in a two-dimensional distribution. That is, determine whether changes in one variable influence changes in another. If that happens, we say that the variables are correlated or no correlation between them. The aim of the correlation analysis is the discovery of relationships between variables and relationships elucidate the correlation is a measure of correlation coefficient (Cohen et al, 2002). The importance of correlation means sometimes overestimated high correlation coefficient not always high correlation, correlation coefficient of zero does ...