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10.6 THE MULTIPLE CORRELATION MODEL 517<br />

MTB > regress C1 1 C2;<br />

SUBC> residuals C4.<br />

MTB > regress C3 1 C2;<br />

SUBC> residuals C5.<br />

MTB > regress C1 1 C3;<br />

SUBC> residuals C6.<br />

MTB > regress C2 1 C3;<br />

SUBC> residuals C7.<br />

MTB > regress C2 1 C1;<br />

SUBC> residuals C8.<br />

MTB > regress C3 1 C1;<br />

SUBC> residuals C9.<br />

MTB > corr C4 C5<br />

Correlations: C4, C5<br />

Pearson correlation of C4 and C5 = 0.102<br />

P-Value = 0.597<br />

MTB > corr C6 C7<br />

Correlations: C6, C7<br />

Pearson correlation of C6 and C7 = -0.122<br />

P-Value = 0.527<br />

MTB > corr C8 C9<br />

Correlations: C8, C9<br />

Pearson correlation of C8 and C9 = 0.541<br />

P-Value = 0.002<br />

FIGURE 10.6.3 MINITAB procedure for computing partial correlation coefficients from the<br />

data of Table 10.6.1.

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