Re: Significance of correlation coefficients

Posted by JOHN ANTONAKIS on Dec 09, 2006; 9:10am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Significance-of-correlation-coefficients-tp1072631p1072634.html

Hi:

You can get this information from a basic stats book. The
significance of the correlation coefficient is determined
(i.e. test the null hypothesis that correlation is = 0)
using a t-test:

t =r(sqrt(n-2))/(sqrt(1-r2))

The significance of t is established at df n-2.

HTH,
J.

----- Original Message -----
Expéditeur: Rita <[hidden email]>
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Sujet: Significance of correlation coefficients
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:06:11 -0500

> I used Pearson's r in my dissertation. I see the
> significance shown in SPSS output tables, but I need to be
> able to describe how that significance was determined by
> SPSS. If you could send me the formula used and a source I
> could cite it would really help me out.

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