A group of scientists are interested in finding out whether the days of rainfall during the dry season could predict the magnitude of butterfly migration in the local area during wet season. Every year for twenty years, they count the total days of rainfall during the dry season preceding the migration and measure the number of butterflies migrating in the following wet season. Which type of statistical test should they use to analyze their data? (pearson's r correlation OR, simple regression equation)
Correlation
Correlation defines a relationship between two independent variables. It tells the degree to which variables move in relation to each other. When two sets of data are related to each other, there is a correlation between them.
Linear Correlation
A correlation is used to determine the relationships between numerical and categorical variables. In other words, it is an indicator of how things are connected to one another. The correlation analysis is the study of how variables are related.
Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method in which it estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variable. In simple terms dependent variable is called as outcome variable and independent variable is called as predictors. Regression analysis is one of the methods to find the trends in data. The independent variable used in Regression analysis is named Predictor variable. It offers data of an associated dependent variable regarding a particular outcome.
A group of scientists are interested in finding out whether the days of rainfall during the dry season could predict the magnitude of butterfly migration in the local area during wet season. Every year for twenty years, they count the total days of rainfall during the dry season preceding the migration and measure the number of butterflies migrating in the following wet season. Which type of statistical test should they use to analyze their data? (pearson's r
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