Dependency Relationship

When we focus on two continuous variables, we want to find out how they relate, is one variable dependent on the other?

Graphs

Features

Features

  • Causal relationships
    • correlation ≠ causation, but we still use the y-axis for what appears to be the dependent variable
  • Associations
    • describe what you see
  • Outliers
  • Clusters
  • Gaps
  • Barriers (boundaries)
  • Conditional relationships
    • different relationships for different intervals of x
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