If you have a curvilinear relationship, then Pearson's correlation can be used in the same way as it is for linear relat

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If you have a curvilinear relationship, then Pearson's correlation can be used in the same way as it is for linear relat

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If you have a curvilinear relationship, then
Pearson's correlation can be used in the same way as it is for
linear relationships.
It is not appropriate to use Pearson's correlation because it
assumes a linear relationship between variables.
You can use Pearson's correlation; you just need to remember
that a curve indicates that the variables are not linearly
related.
Transforming the data won't help.
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