This document discusses correlation and linear regression. It defines correlation as a measure of the linear association between two variables. The strength of the correlation is quantified from 0 (no association) to 1 (perfect association). Regression analysis predicts the value of a dependent variable based on independent variables. Simple linear regression fits a linear equation to the data of the form Y=β0 + β1X + ε, where β0 is the Y-intercept and β1 is the slope of the regression line. The coefficient of determination, R-squared, indicates how much of the variation in the dependent variable is explained by the independent variable.