The correlation coefficient: An overview

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-59

  Asuero, A G ^a   Sayago, A ^a   Gonzalez A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cause and effect inference; Correlation coefficient; Covariance; Lineariy; Multiple correlation coefficient; Significance tests

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CAUSE AND EFFECT INFERENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; LINEARITY; SIGNIFICANCE TESTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32644455922     PISSN: 10408347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408340500526766     Document Type: Review

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