Explorations in statistics: Correlation

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 186-191

  Curran Everett, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

R; Regression; Sir Frances Galton; Spurious correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649798991     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00068.2010     Document Type: Article

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