Correlation, Scatterpoints, and Causations

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What is correlation?
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Correlation is a statistical measure that describes the extent to which two variables change together. A positive correlation means that as one variable increases, the other also increases, while a negative correlation means that as one variable increases, the other decreases.
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What is causation?
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Causation indicates that one event is the result of the occurrence of another event. In other words, causation implies a direct cause-and-effect relationship between two variables.
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What is the difference between causation and association?
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Causation implies a direct cause-and-effect relationship, while association indicates a relationship where two variables change together but one does not necessarily cause the other.
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Example of a positive correlation.
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As the temperature increases, ice cream sales also increase.
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Example of a negative correlation.
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As the amount of time spent studying increases, the number of mistakes on a test decreases.
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What does it mean if two variables are associated?
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If two variables are associated, it means there is a relationship between them, but it does not imply that one variable causes the other.
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What is a scatterplot?
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A scatterplot is a graphical representation of the relationship between two quantitative variables, where each point represents an observation.
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