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Francis Y. Falck, MD, PhD; Thomas B. Klein, MD; Eve J. Higginbotham, MD
Ann Arbor, Mich

Arch Ophthalmol. 1992;110(8):1042-1043.

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To the Editor.

—We would like to draw attention to the statistical interpretation of data represented by Quigley et al¹ in the October 1991 issue of the ARCHIVES. In Fig 1, the relationship between optic nerve fibers and optic disc is plotted with a linear regression correlation coefficient (r=.47, P<.05). On examination of the plot, these data seem to have a poor linear fit and, in fact, the r value of.47 confirms this observation.

If r=1, there is a perfect linear relationship and all the points lie on a straight line. If r=0, there is no linear relationship. Even though the correlation coefficient is greater than zero and is significant, this does not imply a good linear relationship. The real strength of a linear relationship is best indicated by R², which is a measure of the proportion of variation accounted for in the linear regression. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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