Re: 2D Pearson correlation coefficient [message #87398 is a reply to message #87397] |
Thu, 30 January 2014 17:46   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724 Registered: August 2001
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Craig Markwardt writes:
>> I wonder if someone have a suggestion about how to determine the wi (weighting) factor.
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> If you don't know, then 1 is the only safe weighting factor.
Really!? My first, completely off the cuff answer (unvoiced,
fortunately) was "Geez, just throw the I Ching!" But, I wonder, quite
seriously now, whether a normalized distribution of random numbers isn't
functionally equivalent to using 1. I don't know the answer. But, I
presume you do. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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