Teaching Elementary Statistics with JMP

Chapter   4

The Analysis of Bivariate of Data: Plots and Lines

Introduction

Observing Facts: Pre-Regression

Crime Scene Investigation Regression: Murder Most Foul!

What Have We Learned?

References

Introduction

It is difficult to imagine a more important skill than identifying and interpreting associations among variables. In the animal kingdom associating odors or other signals of predators is a survival skill. Human learning builds on associations, such as the association between words and sounds. In the formal empiricism of science as well as in the practical engineering professions, reasoning about the associations induced by experimentation leads to understanding, prediction, and sometimes control of important variables. Understanding ...