Correlation - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CorrelationThe most familiar measure of dependence between two quantities is the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient(PPMCC), or "Pearson's correlation coefficient", commonly called simply "the correlation coefficient". Mathematically, it is defined as the quality of least squares fitting to the original data. It is obtained by taking the ratio of the covariance of the two variables in …
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https://www.probabilitycourse.com/chapter5/5_3_1_covariance_correlation.phpThus, we can summarize some properties of the correlation coefficient as follows. ρ(aX + b, cY + d) = ρ(X, Y) for a, c > 0. - If ρ(X, Y) = 0, we say that X and Y are uncorrelated. - If ρ(X, Y) > 0, we say that X and Y are positively correlated. - If ρ(X, Y) < 0, we say that X and Y are negatively correlated.
Correlation in Random Variables
www.cis.rit.edu › class › simg713If the random variables are correlated then this should yield a better result, on the average, than just guessing. We are encouraged to select a linear rule when we note that the sample points tend to fall about a sloping line. Yˆ =aX +b where a and b are parameters to be chosen to provide the best results. We would expect a to correspond to the slope and b to the