Re: Linear Correlation with errors in both variables

[Elliot Cramer]

ELN/fisackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: calculate a correlation coefficient bewteen two such variables, of if the 
: old Pearson correlation coefficient does not assume inerrancy in one 
: variable and is thus a sound measure. ID the Pearson moment is 

the pearson correlation is perfectly sound; it give an estimate of the
correlation between the measured variables which is lower than the
correlation between hypothetical errorfree variables