Mathematics GCSE
Correlation
What Correlation means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Correlation
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Reference: AQA
Describes how closely the points follow a pattern, but does not indicate causation, because a strong link between two variables does not prove one causes the other.
Positive when both variables tend to increase together, negative when one tends to decrease as the other increases, and none when there is no clear pattern.
Topics that use Correlation
- Statistics (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- box plot
- Categorical data
- Choosing appropriate diagrams
- Continuous Data
- Cumulative frequency graph
- Estimated line of best fit
- Extrapolation
- Frequency density
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