In: Statistics and Probability
Use your understanding of correlation coefficient, r, to answer the following questions.
a) What values can r take?
b) What values of r indicate a strong relationship between the variables?
c) If two variables, X and Y, have a correlation coefficient of r = .5 what can you say about their relationship?
d) If two variables, X and Y, have a correlation coefficient of r = -.02 what can you say about their relationship?
a) The correlation coefficient r can only vary from -1 to 1( inclusive of both the values ). Therefore the range of values here are given as:
b) A strong correlation coefficient value is defined as the range of values as:
For r > 0.7, we have a strong positive correlation and for r < - 0.7, we have a strong negative correlation between the 2 variables.
c) For a correlation coefficient of 0.5, it shows there is a moderate positive correlation between the 2 variables.
d) For a correlation coefficient of - 0.02, it shows a negative but very very low (almost no linear relationship ) between the 2 variables.