CORREL function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

Syntax of CORREL function

CORREL(array1, array2)

The CORREL function syntax has the following arguments:

• Array1    Required. A cell range of values.
• Array2    Required. A second cell range of values.

CORREL formula explanation

• If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.
• If Array1 and Array2 have a different number of data points, CORREL returns the #N/A error value.
• If either Array1 or Array2 is empty, or if s (the standard deviation) of their values equals zero, CORREL returns the #DIV/0! error value.
• The equation for the correlation coefficient is:where

  

  are the sample means AVERAGE(array1) and AVERAGE(array2).

Example of CORREL function

Steps to follow:

1. Open a new Excel worksheet.

2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1

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