Interpretation of correlation coefficients.

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  • K C Wong
چکیده

A recently published article by Ko et al1 illustrates a commonly encountered problem with the interpretation of correlation coefficients in medical research. The authors stated the correlation coefficient ranged from -0.002 to 0.15. If the P value was greater than 0.05, they interpreted the findings as indicating no correlation. Otherwise, there was weak correlation. The t value of the correlation coefficient was given by:

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi

دوره 16 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010