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Data Presentation -- Multivariate Quantitative Relationships -- Correlation

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		**Guess the Correlation Applet This applet generates a scatterplot each time the user clicks "New Sample". Users can then guess the correlation from the graph and see the actual value. By clicking "Edit data" users can input...		More Info
		http://www.rossmanchance.com/applets/guesscorrelation/GuessC...

		*Correlation Guessing Game In this game activity, students match correlation values with plots generated by the applet. Competition in this game setting encourages students to become more involved in the classroom and...		More Info
		http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/cause/games/examples/13892.html

		*Influence of Outliers on Correlation This activity begins with an instructor demonstration followed by a student out-of-class assignment. Students will observe their instructor create a scatterplot and observe how the correlation...		More Info
		http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/cause/datasim/examples/17733.htm...

		Cartoon: Correlation & Regression Caveats A cartoon for teaching about the key caveats of correlation and regression. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in...		More Info
		http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=8

		Cartoon: Correlation Lesson A cartoon suitable for use in teaching the idea that association does not imply causation. The cartoon is number 552 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the...		More Info
		http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=270

		Cartoon: Ice Cream Sales A cartoon using a classic example for teaching the idea that correlation does not imply causation. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl and Deb Rumsey (The...		More Info
		http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=5

		Cartoon: Structural Equations Modeling A cartoon for use in discussing the issues of causation versus correlation and the assumptions underlying Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) for students who have been introduced to that technique....		More Info
		http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=455

		Cartoon: The Government Plot A cartoon that might be used in introducing scatterplots and correlation. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in...		More Info
		http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=234

		Components of r As described on the page itself: "The simulation shows a scatterplot of data from a bivariate distribution in which the relationship between the two variables is linear. You can change the "input"...		More Info
		http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/comp_r/index.html

		Correlation The applets in this section allow you to see how different bivariate data look under different correlation structures. The Movie applet either creates data for a particular correlation or animates a...		More Info
		http://www.causeweb.org/repository/statjava/Correlation.html

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