Journal article
Basic statistics for clinicians: 4. Correlation and regression.
Abstract
Correlation and regression help us to understand the relation between variables and to predict patients' status in regard to a particular variable of interest. Correlation examines the strength of the relation between two variables, neither of which is considered the variable one is trying to predict (the target variable). Regression analysis examines the ability of one or more factors, called independent variables, to predict a patient's …
Authors
Guyatt G; Walter S; Shannon H; Cook D; Jaeschke R; Heddle N
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 152, No. 4, pp. 497–504
Publication Date
February 15, 1995
ISSN
0820-3946