Practical Numerical C Programming: Finance, Engineering, and Physics Applications

© Philip Joyce 2020

P. JoycePractical Numerical C Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6128-6_3

3. PMCC

Philip Joyce¹ 

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Goostrey, UK

 

3.1 Theory

In Chapter 2 we saw positive and negative correlation and we saw the correlation to varying degrees. We could say that the correlation was strong if our points for our graph were close to the regression line.

Figure 3-1

Levels of correlation

In the preceding diagrams in Figure 3-1, you can see the two positive and negative correlation examples we used, but the third diagram is a bit strange. We are trying to relate a person’s IQ to their house or apartment number. As you would think, there is no relationship ...