Use of the correlation coefficient in agricultural sciences: problems, pitfalls and how to deal with them
Document title: Use of the correlation coefficient in agricultural sciences: problems, pitfalls and how to deal with them
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000366662
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
2
3
Institutions: 1Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Department of Botany, Varsovia. Polonia
2University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Exeter, Devonshire. Reino Unido
3Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice. Polonia
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 84
Number: 4
Pages: 1147-1156
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract This paper discusses a number of aspects concerning the analysis, interpretation and reporting of correlations in agricultural sciences. Various problems that one might encounter with these aspects are identified, and suggestions of how to overcome these problems are proposed. Some of the examples presented show how mistaken and even misleading the interpretation of correlation can be when one ignores simple rules of analysis
Portuguese abstract Este artigo discute uma série de aspectos relacionados a análise, interpretação e forma de relatar correlações em ciências Agrárias. São identificados vários problemas que podem ser encontrados, bem como feitas sugestões de como superá-los. Alguns dos exemplos apresentados mostram quão erradas e mesmo enganosas podem ser as interpretações de correlação quando regras simples de análise são ignoradas
Disciplines: Agrociencias,
Matemáticas
Keyword: Matemáticas aplicadas,
Coeficiente de correlación,
Agricultura,
Diseño experimental,
Análisis estadístico
Keyword: Agricultural sciences,
Mathematics,
Applied mathematics,
Correlation coefficient,
Agriculture,
Experimental design,
Statistical analysis
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