Despite the chant that correlation is not causation, some researchers believe the design of scatter plots nudges us to the wrong conclusions. Can a change in their design lessen that risk? Analyzing ...

Scatter graphs are used to represent and compare two sets of data. By looking at a scatter graph, we can see whether there is any connection (correlation) between the two sets of data. Matt sells ...

You can use the Correlations task to compute pairwise correlation coefficients for the variables in your data set. The correlation is a measure of the strength of the linear relationship between two ...

Before I started playing Guess the Correlation, I didn’t expect to spend an hour of my Easter weekend obsessing over an 8-bit video game, much less one based on something that many scientists do every ...

Data can be presented in many ways that make it quicker and easier to read. In this section we will look at some of these ways. It is important to choose the best way to present data. A line graph can ...