Negative relationship

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In statistics, there is a negative relationship or inverse relationship between two variables if higher values of one variable tend to be associated with lower values of the other. A negative relationship between two variables usually implies that the correlation between them is negative, or — what is in some contexts equivalent — that the slope in a corresponding graph is negative. A negative correlation between variables is also called anticorrelation or inverse correlation.

Negative correlation can be seen geometrically when two normalized

Diametrically opposed

points represent a correlation of –1 = cos(π). Any two points not in the same hemisphere have negative correlation.

An example would be a negative

cross-sectional relationship between illness and vaccination, if it is observed that where the incidence of one is higher than average, the incidence of the other tends to be lower than average. Similarly, there would be a negative temporal

relationship between illness and vaccination if it is observed in one location that times with a higher-than-average incidence of one tend to coincide with a lower-than-average incidence of the other.

A particular inverse relationship is called inverse proportionality, and is given by $y=k/x$ where k > 0 is a

Cartesian plane this relationship is displayed as a hyperbola with y decreasing as x increases.^[2]

In finance, an inverse correlation between the returns on two different assets enhances the risk-reduction effect of diversifying by holding them both in the same portfolio.

References

University of Hawaii

^ The derivative $\ y\prime ={\frac {-k}{x^{2}}}\$ is negative for positive real numbers x and as well for negative real numbers. Thus the slope is everywhere negative except at the singularity x = 0.

External links

Michael Palmer Testing for correlation from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

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[1] University of Hawaii

[2] The derivative $\ y\prime ={\frac {-k}{x^{2}}}\$ is negative for positive real numbers x and as well for negative real numbers. Thus the slope is everywhere negative except at the singularity x = 0.

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