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Statistics
Statistics 6- Correlation and Regression
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 1
04/13/2010

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What are the two ways of pattern hunting?
Definition
to present a Visual display relationship between variables (scattergram), secondly by numbers
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What is Correlation?
Definition
the strength of a relationship, the correlation of coefficient is measured as r and the maximum value is 1.
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What does r(squared) mean in relation to correlation?
Definition
coefficient of determination. It is used to remove - or + and can be transferred to %
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What is Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PMCC)?
Definition
Used on interval and ratio data scales.
E= sum of
r= nExy-(Ex)(Ey)/(square root of)(nEx(squared)- (Ex)(squared))(nEy(squared)- (Ey)(squared))
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What is Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient (SRCC)?
Definition
Used of Ordinal Scale data.
r(squared)= 1- 6Ed(squared)/ n(n(squared)-1)

E=sum of
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What is Regression?
Definition
To describe a relationship mathematically using y=f(x)
y= the dependant value
x= the independant value.
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