rMAD {correlationr}R Documentation

Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) Correlations

Description

Performs a median-absolute-deviation correlation which is used to examine whether two continuous variables (X and Y) are linearly related using a deviate estimation, called the median absolute deviation.

Usage

rMAD(x, y)

Arguments

x

a continuous variable

y

a continuous variable

Value

a correlation value (r) that ranges from -1 to +1

Examples

rMAD(SwimLessons$Temp, SwimLessons$SwimTime)

[Package correlationr version 0.1.0 Index]