Author:
Kader Gary,Franklin Christine
Abstract
Studying the relationship between two quantitative variables is a standard topic in statistics. In high school and introductory college-level statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, r, is typically included as a measure of the direction and strength of the linear relationship between two quantitative variables. This article describes an activity that aids an intuitive development of the formula for r and its interpretation. Exploring scatter plots allows students to develop an intermediate measure of association called the quadrant count ratio (QCR), investigate properties of the QCR, and develop Pearson's r to address some of the QCR's shortcomings.
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Cited by
9 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献