ANALYSIS
BIVARIATE DATA
ASSUMPTIONS
The sample of paired (x, y) data is a random
sample.
The pairs of (x, y) data have a bivariate normal
distribution
Definition:
A scatterplot (or scatter diagram) is a graph in
which the paired (x, y) sample data are plotted with a
horizontal x axis and a vertical y axis. Each
individual (x, y) pair is plotted as a single point.
Formula:
Question:
The results of your correlation analysis
show that you have a correlation of +.8932
between salary and productivity. What do
you know? What information is provided by
the numeral value of the Pearson
correlation? What proportion of variation in
the number of productivity can be explained
by the variation in the amount of salary?
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
The
regression equation algebraically
describes the relationship between two
variables.
The graph of the regression equation is called
the regression line (or line of best fit, or leastsquare line).
This definition expresses a relationship
between x (called the independent variable,
or predictor variable) and (called the
dependent variable or response variable).