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Chapter 11

Correlation and Regression

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In statistics, two variables are said to be correlated if the values of one variable are associated with the other variable. Depending on the relationship …
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The correlation coefficient, r, developed by Karl Pearson in the early 1900s, is numerical and provides a measure of strength and direction of the linear …
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The correlation coefficient, r, developed by Karl Pearson in the early 1900s, is numerical and provides a measure of strength and direction of the linear …
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Regression analysis is a statistical tool that describes a mathematical relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. …
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An outlier is an observation of data that does not fit the rest of the data. It is sometimes called an extreme value. When you graph an outlier, it will …
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The vertical distance between the actual value of y and the estimated value of y. In other words, it measures the vertical distance between the actual …
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A residual plot is a statistical representation of data used to analyze correlation and regression results. It helps verify the requirements for drawing …
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An important characteristic of any set of data is the variation in the data. In some data sets, the data values are concentrated closely near the mean; in …
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The interval estimate of any variable is known as the prediction interval. It helps decide if a point estimate is dependable. However, the point estimate …
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Multiple regression assesses a linear relationship between one response or dependent variable and two or more independent variables. It has many practical …
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Perturbed mitochondrial metabolism has received renewed interest as playing a causative role in a range of diseases. Probing alterations to metabolic …
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Anesthesia arguably provides one of the only systematic ways to study the neural correlates of global consciousness/unconsciousness. However to date most …
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Limited evidence exists to precisely estimate efficacy and safety differences between parenteral nutrition (PN) prepared using olive-oil-based …