Question

what is correlation coefficient in child psych?

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

basically it describes how much one variable can be explained by another variable

so two un-correlated variables would have a correlation coefficient of about 0 while two highly correlated variables would have a CC close to +1 or -1

Answer 3

so if you look at the r^2 = 1.00 example, that's two perfectly correlated variables, and as you get closer to 0 the variables become less and less correlated

Answer 4

wait so it is like a t or p value? Or is that different?

Answer 5

hm, no, from what I remember t- and p-values describe how far the data is from the expected mean or proportion ( i think, it's been a while )

Answer 6

Oh okay so its jut basically if two variables are very much similar its a higher number and if they are different a lower number

Answer 7

uh sort of,

if they are strongly positively correlated, r^2 approaches 1
if they are strongly negatively correlated r^2 approaches -1
and if they show weak correlation it'll be close to 0

Answer 8

I see i understand now its just that chart where one is the dots going in an upward position and its positive correlation being + and then one where it shows the dots going down so its - and then no correlation with dots scattered being neutral or no ?

Answer 9

oh lol same thing