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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Correlation• The correlation coefficient is a measure <strong>of</strong> linear association.• The Pearson correlation coefficient r is defined as :n∑(x i − ¯x)(y i − ȳ)r =i=1n∑√i=1n∑(x i − ¯x) 2 (y i − ȳ) 2i=1Positive correlation• The denominator in the formula for r is always positive• In quadrant 1 (x i − ¯x) > 0 & (y i − ȳ) > 0• In quadrant 3 (x i − ¯x) < 0 & (y i − ȳ) < 0• In both these cases then(x i − ¯x)(y i − ȳ) > 0• This means if r will be large <strong>and</strong> positive if most points in quadrants1 & 3.225

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