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Fitting a linear relationship with confidence intervals by correlation.

J Winter·A A Afifi·D Sarti
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The study of the empirical linear relationship between two measured variables should use correlation analysis which treats the variables symmetrically, rather than linear regression which inappropriately assumes a dependent and an independent variable. An APL computer program calculates the best fitting bivariate Gaussian distribution and plots the data with the superimposed straight line relationship and the confidence interval.

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J Winter, A A Afifi, D Sarti. 1981. Fitting a linear relationship with confidence intervals by correlation.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7101(81)90026-x

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