Across
- 2. Each of the conditions to check before you use correlation is easy to check with a _______.
- 5. The sign of the correlation _______ gives the direction of the association.
- 11. One of the conditions to check before you use correlation.
- 12. The statistical relationship between two quantitative variables.
- 13. We tend to see causes and _____ in everything.
- 15. Scatterplots and correlation coefficients never prove _____.
- 17. The numerical measure of the direction and strength of a linear association.
- 18. One of the conditions to check before you use correlation.
Down
- 1. A hidden variable that stands behind a relationship and determines the relationship by simultaneously affecting the other two variables.
- 3. In a correlation, _______ means up from left to right.
- 4. One of the conditions to check before you use correlation.
- 6. ________ is always between +1 and –1.
- 7. Correlation has no _____.
- 8. In a correlation, _______ means down from left to right.
- 9. Correlation is ________.
- 10. Correlation measures the _______ of the linear association between the two variables.
- 14. Correlation is sensitive to _____.
- 16. You can often debunk _____ made about data by finding a lurking variable behind the scenes.
