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Description

The Correlation coefficient significance test can be used to evaluate whether the value of an observed correlation coefficient is 'close to 0' or 'significantly different from 0'. The P-value is the probability to find the observed correlation coefficient (or larger) in the sample, under the hypothesis that the population correlation coefficient is 0.

Required input

• The observed correlation coefficient and sample size (the number of paired observations). The sample size must be more than 3.

Interpretation

The program calculates:

• P-value. If this P-value is lower than the conventional 5% (P<0.05) the correlation coefficient is called statistically significant.
• The 95% confidence interval for the correlation coefficient. This is the range of values that contains with a 95% confidence the 'true' correlation coefficient.

Literature

• Bland M (2000) An introduction to medical statistics, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Altman DG (1991) Practical statistics for medical research. London: Chapman and Hall.

How to cite this page

• MedCalc Software Ltd. Correlation significance test. https://www.medcalc.org/calc/test_correlation.php (Version 22.016; accessed December 4, 2023)