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Q160Section III (Statistics)160 of 180

Computing a partial correlation from three simple correlations

Given three random variables X1,X2,X3X_1,X_2,X_3 with ρ12=0.6, ρ13=0.8\rho_{12}=0.6,\ \rho_{13}=0.8 and ρ23=0.24\rho_{23}=0.24. Hence the partial correlation coefficient between X2X_2 and X3X_3 after removing the effect of X1X_1 is:

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