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Quick A-Level Maths question: if the r value for a sample is greater than the p value, does that suggest there is a positive correlation and vice versa?
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Quick A-Level Maths question: if the r value for a sample is greater than the p value, does that suggest there is a positive correlation and vice versa?

Pretty much. The p value represents how much (alpha) your data rejects the null hypothesis, so if |r| is greater than this value it says that the correlation is statistically significant (at that level).

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