A SIMPLE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATING A WELL-KNOWN PROPERTY OF THE CORRELATION-COEFFICIENT

Authors
TURNER DW
Citation
Dw. Turner, A SIMPLE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATING A WELL-KNOWN PROPERTY OF THE CORRELATION-COEFFICIENT, The American statistician, 51(2), 1997, pp. 170-170
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
51
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
170 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1997)51:2<170:ASEIAW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A simple parametrized example is provided to illustrate the well-known fact that correlation near one in magnitude does not imply a relation ship that is near perfect linearity.