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Predictive Analytics Using Rattle and Qlik Sense

By : Ferran Garcia Pagans, Fernando G Pagans
Book Image

Predictive Analytics Using Rattle and Qlik Sense

By: Ferran Garcia Pagans, Fernando G Pagans

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Predictive Analytics Using Rattle and Qlik Sense
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Correlations among input variables


An important step is to identify relationships among input variables. To measure this relationship, we use the correlation coefficient. Correlation coefficient is a number between +1 and -1. When two variables have a correlation coefficient close to +1, they have a strong positive correlation. A coefficient of exactly +1 indicates a perfect positive fit. A positive correlation between two variables means that both variables increase and decrease their values simultaneously. A correlation coefficient between two variables close to -1 shows that both variables have strong negative correlation. When two variables have a negative correlation, the value of one of the variables increases when the value of the other variable decreases. A correlation coefficient close to 0 or a weak correlation between two variables means that there is no linear relationship between those variables.

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