Table 1.

Qualitative Descriptors of the Correlation Coefficient (CC).

CC (r)	Qualitative descriptor
0.0 – 0.1	Very small, Trivial, Insubstantial
0.1 – 0.3	Small, Low, Minor
0.3 – 0.5	Moderate, Medium
0.5 – 0.7	Large, High, Major
0.7 – 0.9	Very large, Very high
0.9 – 1.0	Substantial, Almost perfect, Distinct