The correlation between Olympic Gold Medal times for the 800 m hurdles and year is -0.66 seconds per year. | arrow_right_alt | Correlation does not have units, it is an r value only. |
If we were to measure Olympic gold medal times for the 800 m hurdles in minutes instead of seconds the correlation would be -0.66/60 = -0.011. | arrow_right_alt | Correlation values are only from -1.0 to +1.0, they will never be outside that range. |
Since the correlation between Olympic gold medal times for the 800 m hurdles and 100 m dash is -0.41, the correlation between 100 m dash times and the 800 m hurdles is +0.41. | arrow_right_alt | Changing the x & y axis for the scatterplot does not change the correlation coefficient. The correlation remains the same. |
| arrow_right_alt | The correlation coefficient does not change if different units are used. It is not affected by scaling or shifting. |
The correlation between Olympic gold medal times for the 100 m dash and year is -1.37. | arrow_right_alt | Correlation coefficients cannot be negative. |