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Partial Correlation

Partial correlation measures the linear relationship between two continuous variables after removing the shared influence of one or more control variables. The technique was formalised by R. A. Fisher in 1924 and is the standard approach whenever a researcher suspects that a third variable inflates or suppresses the observed association between two variables of interest.

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Partial Correlation Coefficient
Taxonomic method record · hypothesis-test / statistics
  • Fisher, R.A. (1924). The Distribution of the Partial Correlation Coefficient. Metron, 3, 329–332. · URL
  • Kim, S. (2015). ppcor: An R Package for a Fast Calculation to Semi-Partial Correlation Coefficients. Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods, 22(6), 665–674. · DOI 10.5351/CSAM.2015.22.6.665
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Same method familyPearson Correlationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySpearman Correlationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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