Correlation Means

question 14

Multiple Choice

Correlation means:

• A) other things remaining the same.
• B) 'after this, therefore because of this'.
• C) 'on the margin'.
• D) a natural experiment has been conducted.
• E) the tendency for the values of two variables to move in a predictable and related way.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

A statistical distribution of all possible sample means or proportions, given a sample size, from a population.

Bootstrap Distribution

A statistical technique for estimating a sampling distribution by repeatedly resampling with replacement from an existing sample data.

Bias

A systematic error in a statistical analysis or study that leads to an incorrect conclusion, often resulting from problematic data collection, analysis, or interpretation.

Bootstrap Estimate

A statistical technique used to approximate the sampling distribution of an estimator by resampling with replacement from the original sample.