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It seems most living creatures observe relationships, perhaps as a survival instinct. We observe signs that the weather is changing and prepare ourselves for the winter season. We observe that when seat belts are worn in cars that the number of fatalities in car accidents decrease. We observe that students that do well in one subject tend to perform will in other subjects. This chapter explores the linear relationship between observed phenomena.
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Miller, W. (2013). Correlation. In: OpenStat Reference Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5740-4_7
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