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Quantifying The Strength of Bivariate Relationships: Ben Baumer
Quantifying The Strength of Bivariate Relationships: Ben Baumer
strength of bivariate
relationships
C O R R E L AT I O N A N D R E G R E S S I O N I N R
Ben Baumer
Assistant Professor at Smith College
Correlation
Correlation coe cient between -1 and 1
Ben Baumer
Assistant Professor at Smith College
Anscombe
ggplot(data = Anscombe, aes(x = x, y = y)) +
geom_point() +
facet_wrap(~ set)
Ben Baumer
Assistant Professor at Smith College
Exercise and beer
1Source: h p://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/the-close-ties-between-
exercise-and-beer/
1Source: h p://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/the-close-ties-between-
exercise-and-beer/
1Source: h p://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/the-close-ties-between-
exercise-and-beer/
1Source: h p://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/the-close-ties-between-
exercise-and-beer/
1Source: h p://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/the-close-ties-between-
exercise-and-beer/
1Source: h p://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/the-close-ties-between-
exercise-and-beer/
1Source: h ps://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/upshot/what-the-numbers-
show-about-n -player-arrests.html
1Source: h p://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/business/questions-raised-on-
withdrawal-of-congressional-research-services-report-on-tax-rates.html
1Source: h p://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/business/questions-raised-on-
withdrawal-of-congressional-research-services-report-on-tax-rates.html
1Source: h p://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/business/questions-raised-on-
withdrawal-of-congressional-research-services-report-on-tax-rates.html
1Source: h p://heatst.com/world/no-correlation-between-voting-for-brexit-
and-racism-study- nds/
Ben Baumer
Assistant Professor at Smith College
Spurious over time