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Research Different Types of Indices of Correlation and their verbal description

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Indices of correlation measure the degree of association or relationship between two variables. They
help quantify how well one variable predicts another. Here's an overview of different types of
correlation indices and their verbal descriptions:

1. Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r)

 Type: Measures linear correlation between two continuous variables.

 Range: -1 to 1.

o +1: Perfect positive linear relationship (as one variable increases, the other increases
proportionally).

o -1: Perfect negative linear relationship (as one variable increases, the other decreases
proportionally).

o 0: No linear relationship.

 Verbal Description: "The extent to which two variables move together in a straight-line
relationship."

2. Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient (ρ or rs)

 Type: Measures monotonic relationships, assessing whether as one variable increases, the other
tends to increase or decrease (not limited to linear).

 Range: -1 to 1.

o +1: Perfect positive rank association.

o -1: Perfect negative rank association.

o 0: No rank association.

 Verbal Description: "How well the relationship between two variables can be described by a
monotonic function."

3. Kendall’s Tau (τ)

 Type: Measures the strength and direction of association between two variables based on the
ranks of data.
 Range: -1 to 1.

o +1: Perfect agreement in ranking.

o -1: Perfect disagreement in ranking.

o 0: No association in ranking.

 Verbal Description: "The degree of concordance or discordance in the ordering of paired data
values."

4. Point-Biserial Correlation

 Type: Measures the relationship between a continuous variable and a binary variable.

 Range: -1 to 1.

o +1: Strong positive association.

o -1: Strong negative association.

o 0: No association.

 Verbal Description: "How a continuous variable correlates with the presence or absence of a
characteristic."

5. Phi Coefficient (ϕ)

 Type: Measures association between two binary variables.

 Range: -1 to 1.

o +1: Perfect positive association.

o -1: Perfect negative association.

o 0: No association.

 Verbal Description: "The relationship between two dichotomous variables."

6. Cramer’s V

 Type: Measures the strength of association between two nominal (categorical) variables.

 Range: 0 to 1.

o 0: No association.

o 1: Perfect association.
 Verbal Description: "The strength of association between categorical variables in contingency
tables."

7. Eta Coefficient (η)

 Type: Measures the association between a continuous dependent variable and a categorical
independent variable.

 Range: 0 to 1.

o 0: No association.

o 1: Perfect association.

 Verbal Description: "The degree of nonlinear association between a continuous outcome and
group membership."

8. Partial Correlation

 Type: Measures the linear relationship between two variables while controlling for the effect of
one or more other variables.

 Range: -1 to 1.

o +1: Strong positive partial association.

o -1: Strong negative partial association.

o 0: No partial association.

 Verbal Description: "The direct relationship between two variables after accounting for other
influences."

9. Canonical Correlation

 Type: Measures the relationship between two sets of variables.

 Range: 0 to 1.

o 0: No relationship between variable sets.

o 1: Perfect relationship between variable sets.

 Verbal Description: "The correlation between weighted combinations of two sets of variables."

10. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC)


 Type: Measures the reliability or consistency of measurements or ratings within groups.

 Range: 0 to 1.

o 0: No reliability.

o 1: Perfect reliability.

 Verbal Description: "The extent to which items in a group resemble one another more than they
resemble items from other groups."

Summary Table

Index Best For Range

Pearson Continuous, linear data -1 to 1

Spearman Ranked/ordinal, monotonic data -1 to 1

Kendall Ranked, ordinal data -1 to 1

Point-Biserial Continuous & binary variables -1 to 1

Phi Binary variables -1 to 1

Cramer’s V Categorical data 0 to 1

Eta Continuous & categorical data 0 to 1

Partial Correlation Controlling for other variables -1 to 1

Canonical Correlation Two sets of variables 0 to 1

Intraclass Correlation Group consistency 0 to 1

Each index is suited for specific data types and research questions, so the choice depends on the
variables and the nature of their relationship.

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