Statistics Through Applications
Statistics Through Applications
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781429219747
Author: Daren S. Starnes, David Moore, Dan Yates
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Correlation
Correlation defines a relationship between two independent variables. It tells the degree to which variables move in relation to each other. When two sets of data are related to each other, there is a correlation between them.
Linear Correlation
A correlation is used to determine the relationships between numerical and categorical variables. In other words, it is an indicator of how things are connected to one another. The correlation analysis is the study of how variables are related.
Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method in which it estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variable. In simple terms dependent variable is called as outcome variable and independent variable is called as p…
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Chapter 6.1, Problem 6.16E
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To explain why these studies do not show that watching TV causes these harmful effects and also suggest some lurking variables that may be confounded with heavy TV viewing.

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We cannot say that watching TV causes these things because there may be unidentified lurking variables that are contributing to these results. For example, perhaps a lurking variable could be that children that watch TV for extended periods of time tend to watch more violent television, leading to the tendencies that the study cited.

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Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 6.1ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.2ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.3ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.4ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.5ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.6ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.7ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.8ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.9ECh. 6.1 - Prob. 6.10E
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