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    Background   Is being physically strong still important in today’s workplace? In our current high-tech world one might be inclined to think that only skills required for computer work such as reading‚ reasoning‚ abstract thinking‚ etc. are important for performing well in many of today’s jobs. There are still‚ however‚ a number of very important jobs that require‚ in addition to cognitive skills‚ a significant amount of strength to be able to perform at a high level. Take‚ for example‚ the job

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    Correlation and Regression Assignment Problem 1. a. Explain which variable you chose as the explanatory variable and discuss why. * The explanatory variable is the height. This is because I am assuming that as height increases‚ the weight will increase as well. So the weight is the dependent variable b. Produce a scatter plot and insert the result here. * Scatter plot c. Find the equation of the regression line‚ Write it in the form of y=a+bx‚ where a is the y-intercept

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    Correlation Correlation Co-efficient Definition:      A measure of the strength of linear association between two variables. Correlation will always between -1.0 and +1.0. If the correlation is positive‚ we have a positive relationship. If it is negative‚ the relationship is negative. Correlation Correlation can be easily understood as co relation. To define. correlation is the average relationship between two or more variables. When the change in one variable makes or causes a change in

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    causation and correlation but there are also just as many differences. Causation is when one or more factors contribute to the effect. As said in the PowerPoint review‚ for example‚ if you switch a light switch on it causes the light turns on. The one factor of flipping the light switch on causes the effect of the light to turn on. Correlation is when two or more factors contribute to one effect. There is two different types of correlation. One type of correlation is high correlation which is when

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    Causation and Correlation Mary Lee Choate PSY/285 Due April 6‚ 2012 Instructor- Chantell Hines When differentiating between causation and correlation‚ it is extremely significant in systematic thought. These two notions get confused with one another whether it is a misinterpretation or having the aspiration to provide a reasonable description for scientific observations. As a result‚ it is crucial to have the understanding of the difference between the two concepts. In this writing I will

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    scatter diagram made by the given data‚ it is noted that as the disposable income increases the annual sales also increases. [pic] ➢ Again‚ We know that the coefficient correlation is‚ r = [pic][pic] Here‚ r = [pic] = [pic] = 0.70 Therefore‚ there is a strong positive correlation between the disposable income and the annual sales. ➢ The regression coefficient is 0.193. That means sales will increase by $0.193 if disposable income increase by $1

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    Causation and Correlation Jennifer PSY/285 Darren Iwamoto July 17‚ 2013 Causation and Correlation Correlation does not imply causation. According to “statistical Language Correlation and Causation” (Correlation is a statistical measure (expressed as a number) that describes the size and direction of a relationship between two or more variables. A correlation between variables‚ however‚ does not automatically mean that the change in one variable is the cause of the change in the values of

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    The Spearman Correlation Coefficient remains one of the most important nonparametric measures of statistical dependence between two variables. The Spearman Correlation Coefficient facilitates the assessment of two variables using a monotonic function. This representation is only possible if the variables are perfect monotones of each other and if there are no repeated data values. This enables one to obtain a perfect Spearman correlation of either +1 or -1. The Spearman correlation coefficient nonparametric

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    SPEARMAN’S RANK CORRELATION BY NILOY MAJUMDAR Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BIVARIATE DATA 3. ASSOCIATION AND CORRELATION 4. DEFINITION AND CALCULATION 5. RELATED QUANTITIES 6. INTERPRETATION 7. EXAMPLE 8. PEARSON’S PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT 9. DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE 10. CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS BASED ON SPEARMAN’S rho 11. REFERENCES 1. Introduction Rank correlation is used quite

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    Handout Master 1.4 Understanding Correlations Correlational studies show relationships between variables. If high scores on one variable predict high scores on the other variable‚ the correlation is positive. If high scores on one variable predict low scores on the other variable‚ the correlation is negative. Showing that two variables are related does not justify claiming that a causal relationship exists. There may be a causal relationship‚ but other explanations usually exist. For example

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