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My guess is a 0.3 correlation is not quite worthless as a predictor.
Try the correlation game:
http://www.stat.uiuc.edu/~stat100/java/GCApplet/GCAppletFrame.html
Here's a display with varying correlation: javascript:nolla()
Finally, Pearson's definition, examples, etc.
http://bmj.com/collections/statsbk/11.shtml
bc
p.s. correlation coefficient use at UCSC Physics is verboten; Chi Square is std.
Brian Whatcott wrote:
At 02:50 PM 11/11/02, you wrote: