Definition:Partial Correlation Coefficient/Symbol

Definition

The symbol used to denote the partial correlation coefficient between $X_i$ and $X_j$ while keeping $X_k$ fixed is:

$r_{ij \cdot k}$

Also see

• Results about partial correlation coefficients can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): partial correlation coefficient
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): partial correlation coefficient