Documentation/How Tos/Calc: PEARSON function

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PEARSON

Returns the Pearson correlation coefficient of two sets of data.

Syntax:

PEARSON(x; y)

where x and y are ranges or arrays containing the two sets of data.

Any text or empty entries are ignored.

PEARSON calculates:

where are the averages of x,y.

Advanced topic:

The parameters x and y are always evaluated as array formulas.

Example:

PEARSON(A1:A30; B1:B30)

returns the Pearson correlation coefficient for the two sets of data in A1:A30 and B1:B30.

See also:

CORREL, RSQ

Statistical functions

Issues:

• PEARSON is identical to CORREL.