Module 3: Data, Models, and Association

Author

Aaron R. Caldwell, Ph.D.

In this module, we start looking what statisticians mean when they talk about data, models, and associations.

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Data

Mathematical Models

Statistical Models

Linear Models

Linear Correlation

Pearson Correlation Properties

Correlation is Not Causation… But still is correlation

Non-linear correlation

Kendall’s correlation

Transformations to create linear relationships

We will revisit this later in the course…