Despite the chant that correlation is not causation, some researchers believe the design of scatter plots nudges us to the wrong conclusions. Can a change in their design lessen that risk? Analyzing ...

Before I started playing Guess the Correlation, I didn’t expect to spend an hour of my Easter weekend obsessing over an 8-bit video game, much less one based on something that many scientists do every ...

Learn about correlation, including how it measures the relationship between securities, along with how it aids in diversifying your portfolio and risk management.

An example of a scatter graph. This graph shows the relationship between a recorded temperature and the number of drinks sold. To produce a scatter diagram, data is required. The data often comes in ...

The graph is a scatter plot, entitled "Rainfall and Plant Growth." The horizontal X axis shows Average Rainfall ranging from zero to four thousand, in units of millimeters per year, in increments of ...