Interpreting SPSS Correlation Output
academic.udayton.edu › JohnSparks › strategyInterpreting SPSS Correlation Output Correlations estimate the strength of the linear relationship between two (and only two) variables. Correlation coefficients range from -1.0 (a perfect negative correlation) to positive 1.0 (a perfect positive correlation). The closer correlation coefficients get to -1.0 or 1.0, the stronger the correlation.