What is partial correlation?

📊🔍 What questions does partial correlation help us answer? 🤔🤔 Partial correlation is a statistical method used to explore the relationship between two variables while controlling for the effects of one or more other variables. This helps us answer questions such as: Is the relationship between two variables still significant when we control for the […]

What are the different types of correlation coefficients?

📊🔍 What are the different types of correlation coefficients? 🤔🤔 There are different types of correlation coefficients that measure the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two variables. 📈📉 👉 Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) is the most commonly used and measures the degree of linear association between two continuous variables. It ranges from […]

What is correlation?

📊🔍 What is correlation? 🤔🤔 Correlation describes the degree of the linear relationship between two variables. 📈📉 Imagine you’re playing basketball 🏀 and you notice that the more you practice shooting free-throws, the higher your accuracy becomes. That’s an example of a positive correlation between practice and accuracy. As the number of practice sessions increases, […]