Despite the chant that correlation is not causation, some researchers believe the design of scatter plots nudges us to the wrong conclusions. Can a change in their design lessen that risk?

Pearson’s correlation helps us understand the relationship between two quantitative variables when the relationship between them is assumed to take a linear pattern. The relationship between two ...

Scatter graphs are a visual way of showing if there is a connection between groups of data. If there is a strong connection or correlation, a ‘line of best fit’ can be drawn.