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AMERICAN STATISTICIAN
卷 55, 期 4, 页码 322-325出版社
AMER STATISTICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1198/000313001753272286
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correlation
Suppose that X, Y, and Z are random variables and that X and Y are positively correlated and that Y and Z are likewise positively correlated. Does it follow that X and Z must be positively correlated? As we shall see by example, the answer is (perhaps surprisingly) no, We prove, though, that if the correlations are sufficiently close to 1, then X and Z must be positively correlated. We also prove a general inequality that relates the three correlations. The ideas should be accessible to, students in a first (postcalculus) course in probability and statistics.
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