Correlation between Math and Chem?

[Hamster]

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You can’t use an xy scatter to plot the scores and then find the r value, because one score does not cause the other.

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<p>Yes I can. The whole point of plotting points and doing a linear regression is to see if there is a correlation. One does not cause the other, and a cause effect relationship is neither assummed nor proven by finding the correlation coefficient in this way.</p>

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First, the r was actually about 0.4 (not including the one person who gave SAT I math instead of IIC).

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<p>You’re right. I was including the outlier (670,800) who only gave SAT I math scores in my calculation. But even with r=~0.4, the correlation is weaker than I would have expected.</p>