You've probably noticed certain things that have a clear relationship with one another. For example, the amount of petrol your car uses increases along with the number of kilometres you drive. Or, if ...

Correlation coefficients are indicators of the strength of the linear relationship between two different variables, x and y. A linear correlation coefficient that is greater than zero indicates a ...

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In the first case, there is a strong upward-sloping relationship between X and Y; in the second case, no apparent relationship; in the third case, a strong downward-sloping relationship. Note the ...

This example defines modules to compute correlation coefficients between numeric variables and standardized values for a set of data. /* Module to compute correlations */ start corr; n=nrow(x); /* ...

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An expression for the joint distribution of serial correlation coefficients, circularly defined, has been derived. It has been shown that this distribution possesses properties similar to those ...