Psychology / Unit 1 Psych 0074 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reading a Near-Zero Coefficient
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The idea
An r of −0.03 describes effectively no relationship between two variables in the sample measured.
In practice
Shoe size and vocabulary score correlate at −0.03 among adults.
Where people slip
Near-zero does not rule out a relationship in a different range or a different population. It reports this sample.
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