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RangeCorrel - script and chart function

RangeCorrel() returns the correlation coefficient for two sets of data. The correlation coefficient is a measure of the relationship between the data sets.

Syntax:  

RangeCorrel(x_value , y_value[, Expression])

Return data type: numeric

Data series should be entered as (x,y) pairs. For example, to evaluate two series of data, array 1 and array 2, where the array 1 = 2,6,9 and array 2 = 3,8,4 you would write RangeCorrel (2,3,6,8,9,4) which returns 0.269.

Arguments:  

Argument Description
x-value, y-value Each value represents a single value or a range of values as returned by an inter-record functions with a third optional parameter. Each value or range of values must correspond to an x-value or a range of y-values.
Expression Optional expressions or fields containing the range of data to be measured.

Limitations:  

The function needs at least two pairs of coordinates to be calculated.

Text values, NULL values and missing values return NULL.

Examples and results:  

Examples Results

RangeCorrel (2,3,6,8,9,4,8,5)

Returns 0.2492. This function can be loaded in the script or added into a visualization in the expression editor.

Add the example script to your app and run it. Then add, at least, the fields listed in the results column to a sheet in your app to see the result.

RangeList:

Load * Inline [

ID1|x1|y1|x2|y2|x3|y3|x4|y4|x5|y5|x6|y6

01|46|60|70|13|78|20|45|65|78|12|78|22

02|65|56|22|79|12|56|45|24|32|78|55|15

03|77|68|34|91|24|68|57|36|44|90|67|27

04|57|36|44|90|67|27|57|68|47|90|80|94

] (delimiter is '|');

 

XY:

LOAD recno() as RangeID, * Inline [

X|Y

2|3

6|8

9|4

8|5

](delimiter is '|');

In a table with ID1 as a dimension and the measure: RangeCorrel(x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4,x5,y5,x6,y6)), the RangeCorrel() function finds the value of Correl over the range of six x,y pairs, for each of the ID1 values.

ID1 MyRangeCorrel
01 -0.9517
02 -0.5209
03 -0.5209
04 -0.1599

XY:

LOAD recno() as RangeID, * Inline [

X|Y

2|3

6|8

9|4

8|5

](delimiter is '|');

In a table with RangeID as a dimension and the measure: RangeCorrel(Below(X,0,4,BelowY,0,4)), the RangeCorrel() function uses the results of the Below() functions, which because of the third argument (count) set to 4, produce a range of four x-y values from the loaded table XY.

RangeID MyRangeCorrel2
01 0.2492
02 -0.9959
03 -1.0000
04 -

The value for RangeID 01 is the same as manually entering RangeCorrel(2,3,6,8,9,4,8,5). For the other values of RangeID, the series produced by the Below() function are: (6,8,9,4,8,5), (9,4,8,5), and (8,5), the last of which produces a null result.

See also:

 
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