Re: CORRELATE where is the problem? [message #65569 is a reply to message #65471] |
Sun, 08 March 2009 13:35  |
xiao zhang
Messages: 81 Registered: June 2008
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I used the equation in this link:
http://www.jerrydallal.com/LHSP/corr.htm
but the result is different from IDL :(
Xiao
On Mar 8, 2:39 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> xiao writes:
>> Hi~ everyone. I have a simple question here. I have two arrays and I
>> calculated the correlation between them. The result is 0.49. But when
>> I use the equation to calculate the correlation. The result is 0.99.
>> And I can see from the plot that they are actually highly correlated.
>> Why is that? THX
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>> openr,1,'data.txt'
>> data=fltarr(2,1227)
>> readf,1,data
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>> temp=data(1,*)
>> oo=data(0,*)
>> ;print,temp(0)
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>> temp=reform(temp)
>> oo=reform(oo)
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>> corr=CORRELATE(oo,temp)
>> print,corr
>> rr=LINFIT(temp,oo)
>> print,rr
>> plot,psym=2,temp,oo
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> Which equation are you talking about? My guess is
> you have constructed the equation incorrectly.
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> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
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