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A correlation coefficient is a number between -1 and 1 that describes the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two numerical variables.
Correlation coefficient is close to 1.
Correlation coefficient is positive, and closer to 0.
Correlation coefficient is close to -1.
A relative frequency table is a version of a two-way table that shows how often data values occur in relation to a total. Each entry in the table shows the frequency of one response divided by the total number of responses in the entire table or by the total number of responses in a row or a column.
Each entry in this relative frequency table represents the proportion of all the textbooks that have the characteristics given by its row and column. For example, out of all 1,000 textbooks, the proportion of textbooks that are new and \$10 or less is 0.025, or 2.5%.
frequency table
| $10 or less | more than \$10 but less than \$30 | $30 or more | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| new | 25 | 75 | 225 | 325 |
| used | 275 | 300 | 100 | 675 |
| total | 300 | 375 | 325 | 1,000 |
relative frequency table
| $10 or less | more than \$10 but less than \$30 | $30 or more | |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | \(0.025 = \frac{25}{1000}\) | 0.300 | 0.225 |
| used | 0.275 | 0.300 | 0.100 |
A residual is the difference between an actual data value and its value predicted by a model. It can be found by subtracting the \(y\)-value predicted by the linear model from the \(y\)-value for the data point.
On a scatter plot, the residual can be seen as the vertical distance between a data point and the best-fit line.
The lengths of the dashed segments on this scatter plot show the residuals for each data point.
A two-way table is a way of organizing data from two categorical variables in order to investigate the association between them.
This two-way table can be used to study the relationship between age group and cell phone ownership.
| has a cell phone | does not have a cell phone | |
|---|---|---|
| 10–12 years old | 25 | 35 |
| 13–15 years old | 38 | 12 |
| 16–18 years old | 52 | 8 |