Assertion: correlation | /r/HasProperty | appropriate
Facets:
value: for quantitative variables
type: OTHER
value: like all statistical techniques
type: OTHER
value: for certain kinds of data
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Like all statistical techniques, correlation is only appropriate for certain kinds of data.
text: The correlation coefficient is appropriate only for quantitative variables, not ordinal or categorical variables, even if their values are numerical.
text: Correlation is only appropriate for examining the relationship between meaningful quantifiable data (e.g. air pressure, temperature) rather than categorical data such as gender, color etc.
text: The correlation coefficient is appropriate only for quantitative variables, not ordinal or categorical variables, even if their values are numerical.