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CORRELATION
ANALYSIS
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PGDM-B
Introduction
Correlation a LINEAR association between two
random variables
Types
S ymptom Index
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Drug A (dose in mg)
Drug B (dose in mg)
Represented by “r”
r lies between +1 to -1
Represented by r2
The coefficient of determination is a measure of
how well the regression line represents the data
Ranks are not given but grades are given but not
repeated
repeated
Testing the significance of correlation
coefficient