what is an example of a linear relationship in statistics 
an example of a linear relationship would be an hourly paid worker the more hours they work the more money they receive this relationship would be a linear one as every increase in an hour worked would correspond to the same increase in pay the bottom linea linear relationship in statistics shows a straight line relationship between two variables it typically shows how well two variables correlate with one another though no behavioral relationship is perfect enough to generate a true linear relationship trends are usually found in data to assume one exists 