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. 2004 Apr 22;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-17

Table 5.

Pearson Product-Moment coefficients for correlation analysis by site between chemical toxicity and biological and environmental parameters

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 5 Site 6 Site 7
Fecal Coliform 0.21584 0.1242 0.1972 -0.0175 -0.2365 0.0644
0.213 0.4772 0.2634 0.9217 0.1851 0.7174
35 35 34 34 33 34

Total Coliform 0.2666 0.0337 0.1474 0.039 0.2719 0.1182
0.12151 0.8473 0.4053 0.8263 0.1257 0.5053
35 35 34 34 33 34

E. coli -0.0747 -0.0766 -0.213 -0.4612 0.1376 -0.0093
0.7912 0.7945 0.4646 0.1312 0.6866 0.9748
15 14 14 12 11 14

H. pylori -0.1733 -0.2405 -0.2019 -0.0709 0.2174 0.022
0.4074 0.2468 0.333 0.7307 0.3078 0.9167
25 25 25 26 24 25

Specific conductivity 0.2434 0.391 0.2393 0.1371 0.3778 -0.0375
0.2307 0.0437** 0.2293 0.4951 0.0758 0.8554
26 27 27 27 23 26

pH -0.0796 -0.0303 -0.07382 0.0665 0.0928 -0.342
0.6988 0.8807 0.7144 0.7417 0.6734 0.0872
26 27 27 27 23 26

Temperature -0.1215 -0.3753 -0.4489 -0.217 -0.5488 -0.1965
0.5714 0.0409** 0.0128** 0.2492 0.0045** 0.3162
24 30 30 30 25 28

Values are Pearson Correlation Coefficients/Probability |R| under Ho: Rho = O/Number of observations. ** Probability of 95% of greater level of significance