Semi-partial correlations

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keithions
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Semi-partial correlations

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Using jamovi to do a semi-partial correlation produces two values for r and two associated p values.
I assume this because the programme does not know which is the predictor variable from which to ‘partial out’ the control variables from.
However, I don’t know which of the r values is the one of interest in the table provided by jamovi, and I wondered if someone would tell me how to decide which is the correct value?
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Ravi
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Re: Semi-partial correlations

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Hi Keith,

So the table has a footnote that describes for which variable the variance of the control variable is partialled out:
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So the variance of the control variables is partialled out for the "column" variables, but not for the "row" variables in the semi-partial correlation table.

Does that make sense?

Cheers,
Ravi
keithions
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Re: Semi-partial correlations

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Yes thanks, Ravi. That is very helpful.
Thanks
Keith
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