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Quadrant Count Ratio

The quadrant count ratio (QCR) is a measure of the association between two quantitative variables that can be used as an intermediate step to develop Pearson's correlation coefficient. To calculate the QCR, data is divided into quadrants based on the means of two variables and the number of observations in each quadrant. The QCR value indicates the strength and direction of association, ranging from -1 to 1 for negative to positive association, similar to Pearson's correlation coefficient. However, unlike Pearson's coefficient, the QCR can be -1 or 1 without a perfect linear relationship between the variables.

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Quadrant Count Ratio

The quadrant count ratio (QCR) is a measure of the association between two quantitative variables that can be used as an intermediate step to develop Pearson's correlation coefficient. To calculate the QCR, data is divided into quadrants based on the means of two variables and the number of observations in each quadrant. The QCR value indicates the strength and direction of association, ranging from -1 to 1 for negative to positive association, similar to Pearson's correlation coefficient. However, unlike Pearson's coefficient, the QCR can be -1 or 1 without a perfect linear relationship between the variables.

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Quadrant count ratio

The quadrant count ratio (QCR) is a measure of the association between two quantitative variables. The
QCR is not commonly used in the practice of statistics; rather, it is a useful tool in statistics education
because it can be used as an intermediate step in the development of Pearson's correlation coefficient.[1]

Definition and properties


To calculate the QCR, the data are divided into quadrants based on the mean of the and variables.
The formula for calculating the QCR is then:

where is the number of observations in that quadrant and is the total number of
observations.[2]

The QCR is always between −1 and 1. Values near −1, 0, and 1 indicate strong negative association, no
association, and strong positive association (as in Pearson's correlation coefficient). However, unlike
Pearson's correlation coefficient the QCR may be −1 or 1 without the data exhibiting a perfect linear
relationship.

Example
The scatterplot shows the maximum wind speed (X) and minimum
pressure (Y) for 35 Category 5 Hurricanes. The mean wind speed is
170 mph (indicated by the blue line), and the mean pressure is
921.31 hPa (indicated by the green line). There are 6 observations
in Quadrant I, 13 observations in Quadrant II, 5 observations in
Quadrant III, and 11 observations in Quadrant IV. Thus, the QCR

for these data is , indicating a


moderate negative relationship between wind speed and pressure Data from 35 Category 5 Hurricanes
for these hurricanes. The value of Pearson's correlation coefficient showing the relationship between
for these data is −0.63, also indicating a moderate negative wind speed (X) and pressure (Y).
relationship.. The blue and green lines represent
the means of the X and Y values,

See also respectively. The Quadrants have


been labeled. The points have been
jittered to reduce overlap of
Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics
Education observations.
Mean absolute deviation (MAD) – A statistic used as a precursor to standard deviation.

References
1. Kader, Gary, D.; Christine A. Franklin (November 2008). "The Evolution of Pearson's
Correlation Coefficient". Mathematics Teacher. 102 (4): 292–299.
doi:10.5951/MT.102.4.0292 (https://doi.org/10.5951%2FMT.102.4.0292).
2. Holmes, Peter (Autumn 2001). "Correlation: From Picture to Formula". Teaching Statistics.
23 (3): 67–71. doi:10.1111/1467-9639.00058 (https://doi.org/10.1111%2F1467-9639.00058).
S2CID 123667316 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:123667316).

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