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While scatterplots provide a visual assessment of the relationship between variables, the correlation coefficient offers a numerical measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship. The ...

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If you’ve spent any significant time looking at data visualizations–or in a STEM classroom–you’ve probably had this maxim drilled into your head: Correlation does not imply causation. In plain English ...

Data is rarely so uniform and predictable that plotting data points creates a perfectly linear arrangement. Scatter charts might have wildly varying plots that create a seemingly random correlation ...

Do you see it? The line graph, in the artwork above? Take another look. Whoa, right? Artist and scientist Jill Pelto combines art with scientific data to raise awareness about climate change. In this ...