Correlation vs. Slope: What's the Difference?

Move the knob: up/down changes slope, left/right changes correlation strength.

Correlation

🎴

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Correlation

+0.70

Slope

🎴

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Slope

+0.28

← Strength (weak → strong) →

← Slope (negative → positive) →

Display Options

Exploration

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Create strong positive correlation with gentle slope

Move right (strong r) and keep the knob in the upper-middle area for a gentle positive slope.

Flip the r and slope cards to check your values →

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Create near-zero correlation with non-zero slope
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Explore how negative slopes can have strong correlations
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Enable z-scores and observe that r ≈ slope