Talk:Pearson correlation coefficient
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Pronunciation
[edit]The article presently says that the pronunciation of "Pearson" is /ˈpɪərsən/. This is surely incorrect. In my dialect, the natural way to say it would be more like /ˈp[invalid input: 'iəɹ']sən/, where the first schwa is debatable; notice the change to the first vowel and the rhotic. Indeed, this is how I have heard it pronounced throughout my personal experience.
Can we get a citation on the proper pronunciation or something? IbexNu (talk) 23:45, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- Concur. I would just "edit aggressively", in good WP fashion, if I were you, IbexNu. Jmacwiki (talk) 20:18, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
Wrong standard error formula
[edit]The formula given is wrong. There should be no square root over 1-r^2. This can be seen from the sources given Bowley, A. L. (1928). "The Standard Deviation of the Correlation Coefficient". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 23 (161): 31–34. doi:10.2307/2277400. ISSN 0162-1459. JSTOR 2277400. "Derivation of the standard error for Pearson's correlation coefficient". Cross Validated. Retrieved 30 July 2021. 95.104.184.242 (talk) 04:57, 20 December 2024 (UTC)