Table 3.

Interpretation of Pearson correlation coefficients

Size of correlation coefficient	Interpretation
0.9 ≤ r ≤ 1	Very high positive correlation
0.7 ≤ r ≤ 0.9	High positive correlation
0.5 ≤ r ≤ 0.7	Moderate positive correlation
0.3 ≤ r ≤ 0.5	Low positive correlation
0 ≤ r ≤ 0.3	Negligible correlation