The phenomenon whereby knowledge of the value of one variable tells you something about the probable value of another. (See correlation.) Relationships may be positive (an increase in the value of one variable implies an increase in the value of the other variable) or negative (a change in the value of one variable implies a change in the other direction for the value of the other variable). Independence of two variables means that there is no relationship between them.
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