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On interpreting the product moment correlation coefficient *
Author(s) -
Elffers Henk
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1980.tb00680.x
Subject(s) - moment (physics) , correlation coefficient , interpretation (philosophy) , product (mathematics) , mathematics , correlation , statistics , statistical physics , computer science , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , programming language
In interpreting the product moment correlation coefficient we can take advantage of the fact that functions of it exist which admit interpretation as probabilities of error in certain situations.