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    13.8: The Critical Values for the Pearson Correlation Matrix for Degrees of Freedom = n -2

    The Critical Values for the Pearson Correlation Matrix for Degrees of Freedom = n -2
    Degrees of Freedom α = 0.1 α = 0.05 α = 0.01 α = 0.005
    1 0.988 0.997 0.999 0.999
    2 0.900 0.950 0.990 0.995
    3 0.805 0.878 0.959 0.974
    4 0.729 0.811 0.917 0.942
    5 0.669 0.754 0.875 0.906
    6 0.621 0.707 0.834 0.870
    7 0.582 0.666 0.798 0.836
    8 0.549 0.632 0.765 0.805
    9 0.521 0.602 0.735 0.776
    10 0.497 0.576 0.708 0.750
    11 0.476 0.553 0.684 0.726
    12 0.458 0.532 0.661 0.703
    13 0.441 0.514 0.641 0.683
    14 0.426 0.497 0.623 0.664
    15 0.412 0.482 0.606 0.647
    16 0.400 0.468 0.590 0.631
    17 0.389 0.456 0.575 0.616
    18 0.378 0.444 0.561 0.602
    19 0.369 0.433 0.549 0.589
    20 0.360 0.423 0.537 0.576
    21 0.352 0.413 0.526 0.565
    22 0.344 0.404 0.515 0.554
    23 0.337 0.396 0.505 0.543
    24 0.330 0.388 0.496 0.534
    25 0.323 0.381 0.487 0.524
    26 0.317 0.374 0.479 0.515
    27 0.311 0.367 0.471 0.507
    28 0.306 0.361 0.463 0.499
    29 0.301 0.355 0.456 0.491
    30 0.296 0.349 0.449 0.484
    31 0.291 0.344 0.442 0.477
    32 0.287 0.339 0.436 0.470
    33 0.283 0.334 0.430 0.464
    34 0.279 0.329 0.424 0.458
    35 0.275 0.325 0.418 0.452
    36 0.271 0.320 0.413 0.446
    37 0.267 0.316 0.408 0.441
    38 0.264 0.312 0.403 0.435
    39 0.260 0.308 0.398 0.430
    40 0.257 0.304 0.393 0.425
    41 0.254 0.301 0.389 0.420
    42 0.251 0.297 0.384 0.416
    43 0.248 0.294 0.380 0.411
    44 0.246 0.291 0.376 0.407
    45 0.243 0.288 0.372 0.403
    46 0.240 0.285 0.368 0.399
    47 0.238 0.282 0.365 0.395
    48 0.235 0.279 0.361 0.391
    49 0.233 0.276 0.358 0.387
    50 0.231 0.273 0.354 0.384
    Table \(\PageIndex{1}\): The Critical Values for the Pearson Correlation Matrix for Degrees of Freedom = n -2

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