Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4/e

Michael Thorne, Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State
Martin Giesen, Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State

Correlation and Regression

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should

understand the meaning of correlation and be able to compute the Pearson r and Spearman r_S correlation coefficients.
understand the linear regression equation and be able to compute it and use it to predict a value of the Y variable when you know a value on the X variable.

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