A researcher investigating the association between two variables collected some data and was surprised when he calculated the correlation. He had expe

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2020-12-15

A researcher investigating the association between two variables collected some data and was surprised when he calculated the correlation.
He had expected to find a fairly strong association, yet the correlation was near 0.
Discouraged, he didnt

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The correlation coefficient only measures for a linear association. If the correlation is, for example, a very strong quadratic association, then the correlation coefficient will give a value close to zero, even if there is a very strong association.Association could be nonlinear

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