22.1 Correlation Coefficient

Before starting to calculate the correlation coefficient, it is highly recommended to construct a scatterplot of the data to identify possible outliers, nonlinear relationships (correlation coefficient only measures linear relationships), etc.
Graph > Scatterplot: Simple

To calculate the correlation coefficient, do the following.
Stat > Basic Statistics > Correlation

In this way, the output in the session window looks as follows:


You can also select more than two variables, in which case pairwise correlation coefficients are calculated. ...
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