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Multiple correlation

Multiple correlation is a way to measure how closely related two or more things are. For example, you might want to know how closely the amount of time you spend studying for tests and your grades on the tests are related. You can use multiple correlation to measure this. Multiple correlation looks for patterns in data that show how different things are related to each other. It looks at each of the things separately and then puts them together to see how closely related they are.