BONUSCHAPTER3

Correlation and Simple Linear Regression

In This Chapter

  • Determining the correlation between two variables and performing a simple linear regression
  • Calculating a confidence interval for a regression line
  • Performing a hypothesis test on the coefficient of the regression line
  • Using Excel to calculate the correlation coefficient and perform simple linear regression

For the last several chapters, we have put inferential statistics to work drawing conclusions about one, two, or more population means and proportions. I know this has been a lot of fun for you, but it’s time to move to another type of inferential statistics that is ...

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