What is the range of possible values of a correlation coefficient?

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AJ Speller
Sep 14, 2014

The possible values of the correlation coefficient are, #-1<=r<=1#.

An #r# value near #1# indicates a positive correlation.
An #r# value near #-1# indicates a negative correlation.
An #r# value near #0# indicates no correlation.

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