RSQ()

Syntax. RSQ(known_y’s;known_x’s)

Definition. This function returns the square of the Pearson correlation coefficient based on a set of data points known_y’s and known_x’s. The r2 value can be interpreted as the proportion of the variance in y attributable to the variance in x.

See Also

The Pearson correlation coefficient is explained in more detail in the section discussing the PEARSON() function.

Arguments

  • known_y’s (required). An array or a range of data points

  • known_x’s (required). An array or a range of data points

Note

Arguments can be numbers or names, arrays, or references containing numbers. If an array or a reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored. However, cells with the value 0 are included. ...

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