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Question
Does zero correlation mean independence?
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Solution
Correlation measures the linear relationship between the two variables. So, r being 0 implies the absence of a linear relationship. But they may be non-linearly related. Hence, if two variables are not correlated, it does not necessarily follow that they are independent.
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