What Is Meant by the "Direction of the Relationship" in a Correlation

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What is meant by the "direction of the relationship" in a correlation coefficient?

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Definitions:

Control Limits

The boundaries in a control chart that represent the acceptable range of variation in a process.

Standard Errors

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, commonly used in estimating the margin of error.

Operating Characteristic Curve

A graph that shows the capability of a test to distinguish between different states, such as defective and non-defective items.

Type II Error

The statistical mistake of failing to reject a false null hypothesis, or the error of not detecting an effect or difference when one truly exists.