correlation and regression

Question 1

positive correlation

Answer 1

variables moving in the same direction

Question 2

negative correlation

Answer 2

variables moving in opposite directions

Question 3

characteristics of a relationship

Answer 3

(1) direction, (2) form, (3) degree

Question 4

Pearson correlation

Answer 4

a measurement of the degree and direction of linear relation between two variables

Question 5

regression

Answer 5

the statistical technique of finding a line best fitting the data

Question 6

standard error of estimate

Answer 6

a measurement of the standard distance between a regression line and the actual data points