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Correlation
Correlation
Examples
Ecology
Strengths
used as a basis for prediction
used when it is impractical and/or unethical to manipulate the variables
used when the experimental method cannot
Description
determine the degree and direction of relationship between two or more variables
mathematical technique for summarizing data
Limitations
it does not prove nor disprove that the relationship is a cause-and-effect relationship
correlation does not, cannot, prove causation