Question

what is the interpretation of .059 for a phi coefficient?

Answer 1

The phi coefficient is a measure of the degree of association between 2 variables. It ranges from -1 to +1

depending on the value of the phi coefficient we can say the type of association present (weak or strong) and direction (positive or negative)

Since the value of 0.059 lies between -3 to +3, there is little or no association.

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The interpretation is as below

If phi lies between -1 to -0.7- Then strong negative association

If phi lies between -0.7 to -0.3- Then weak negative association

If phi lies between -0.3 to +0.3- Then little or no association

If phi lies between +0.3 to +0.7- Then weak positive association

If phi lies between +0.7 to +1 - Then strong positive association

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