Correlation coefficients are indicators of the strength of the linear relationship between two different variables, x and y. A linear correlation coefficient that is greater than zero indicates a ...

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Correlation coefficients range from -1 to +1, indicating the strength of relationships between variables. Investors use correlation coefficients for portfolio diversification to reduce risk.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician), Vol. 33, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), pp. 283-293 (11 pages) We discuss the relationship between the multiple correlation coefficient and ...

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