Statistics Vocab

Question	Answer
Correlation	The relationship between two data sets. Image: ac89f6b2-da8b-43d7-a5b2-6e97fbf3f192.PNG (image/PNG)
Positive Correlation	When the values increase together. Image: 78d1b84e-0ab2-4ab7-ad65-1d144df09079.PNG (image/PNG)
Negative Correlation	When one value decreases as the other increases Image: 01a8be0d-56b3-457f-a13c-cf142259ebc2.PNG (image/PNG)
Strong Correlation	When the points are located closer to one another. Image: b3f5a94b-2886-45dd-a311-191d70c4e95f.PNG (image/PNG)
Weak Correlation	When the points are located farther apart from one another. Image: 86545b07-0757-4bd3-add4-8edc16ee6880.PNG (image/PNG)
Influential Points	An outlier that greatly affects the slope of the regression line. Image: 22a2fcdd-87e0-4c00-881c-660acab79a06.gif (image/gif)
Correlation Coeficient	A number that is a measure of the strength and direction of the correlation between two variables. Image: e03c78b7-3828-42f7-8c54-0e1e8f9f906a (image/png)
Causation	Where one thing will cause the other. Image: 201f8706-0ddd-4b20-ada0-3561d8193f10.gif (image/gif)
Residual	The difference between the observed y-value (from scatter plot) and the predicted y-value (from regression equation line). Image: 773b5f5e-cdc8-4e86-8afe-bd3027384606.GIF (image/GIF)

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