VARIABLES Subcommand (NONPAR CORR command)

VARIABLES specifies the variable list.

  • All variables must be numeric.
  • If keyword WITH is not used, NONPAR CORR displays the correlations of each variable with every other variable in the list.
  • To obtain a rectangular matrix, specify two variable lists that are separated by keyword WITH. NONPAR CORR writes a rectangular matrix of variables in the first list correlated with variables in the second list.
  • Keyword WITH cannot be used when the MATRIX subcommand is used.
  • You can request more than one analysis. Use a slash to separate the specifications for each analysis.
  • When only varlist1 is specified, the confidence limits are estimated for each different pair of the variables contained within varlist1. When varlist1 WITH varlist2 is specified, the confidence limits are estimated for each different pair of the variables with one contained within varlist1 and the other varlist2. The confidence limits of the pair containing a variable and itself are not estimated.

Examples

NONPAR CORR 
  VARIABLES = PRESTIGE SPPRES PAPRES16 WITH DEGREE PADEG MADEG.
  • The three variables that are listed before WITH define the rows; the three variables that are listed after WITH define the columns of the correlation matrix.
  • Spearman’s rho is displayed by default.
NONPAR CORR VARIABLES=SPPRES PAPRES16 PRESTIGE
                     /SATCITY WITH SATHOBBY SATFAM.
  • NONPAR CORR produces two Correlations tables.
  • By default, Spearman’s rho is displayed.