On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:58 PM, wang peter wrote:

aa file is:
x  1 NA  2
y  1 NA  3

and r program is
aa<-read.table("aa",row.names=1)
bb<-cor(t(aa),method = "pearson",use="pairwise.complete.obs")
bb
 x y
x 1 1
y 1 1

i am confused why the pearson correlation coefficients between x and y is 1

Because two points determine a line?

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT

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