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R for Data Science

You're reading from   R for Data Science Learn and explore the fundamentals of data science with R

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781784390860
Length 364 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chapter 5. Data Analysis – Correlation

Correlation is a good technique to use on your dataset. Correlation helps us to establish basic relationships between data items.

In this chapter, we look at tools available in R for correlation:

  • A basic correlation
  • Visualizing correlations
  • Covariance
  • Pearson correlation
  • Polychoric correlation
  • Tetrachoric correlation
  • A heterogeneous correlation matrix
  • Partial correlation
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