3. Covariance, Regression, and Correlation
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Contents
3. Covariance, Regression, and Correlation
- Jointly distributed random variables
- Joint probability density functions
- Expectations of jointly distributed variables
- Covariances
- Useful identities for variances and covariances
- Regressions
- Derivation of the least-squares linear regression
- Properties of least-squares regressions
- Correlations
- A taste of quantitative genetic theory
- Directional selection differentials and the Robertson-Price identity
- The correlation between genotype and phenotype
- Regression of offspring phenotype on parental phenotype
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Created 9 May 1995, last updated 9 May 1995
Bruce Walsh. jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu .
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