PEARSON function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

PEARSON

Returns the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, r, of the given data sets.

 

Syntax

 

PEARSON(x; y)

x: Range or array containing the first data set. Eg., A2:A6

y: Range or array containing the second data set. Eg., B2:B6  

Remarks

  • Text, logical values, and empty cells are ignored.


Examples

 

Formula

Result

=PEARSON(A2:A6;B2:B6)

0.826077806

=PEARSON(A2:A4;B2:B4)

0.986241383

=PEARSON({1;2;3};{5;12;8})

0.427121098


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

#N/A!

  • The number of values in x is not equal to y.

 

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