Pearson's r

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf statistical analysis
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pearson_correlation_coefficient
gptkb:Pearson_product-moment_correlation_coefficient
gptkbp:appliesTo two continuous variables
gptkbp:assumes homoscedasticity
linearity
bivariate normality
gptkbp:canBe t-test for correlation
gptkbp:category correlation coefficient
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:medicine
gptkb:natural_sciences
economics
education
engineering
psychology
social sciences
gptkbp:form cov(X,Y)/[std(X)*std(Y)]
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pearson's r
gptkbp:interpretedBy -1 means perfect negative linear correlation
0 means no linear correlation
1 means perfect positive linear correlation
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Karl_Pearson
gptkbp:measures linear correlation
gptkbp:notRecommendedFor nominal data
ordinal data
nonlinear relationships
gptkbp:output dimensionless number
gptkbp:publishedIn 1896
gptkbp:range -1 to 1
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kendall's_tau
gptkb:Spearman's_rank_correlation_coefficient
gptkbp:sensitivity outliers
gptkbp:symbol r
gptkbp:type parametric statistic
gptkbp:usedIn data analysis
statistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pearson_correlation_coefficient
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5