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Table 14
Raw data correlation coefficient for the Newfoundland and Labrador dataset

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Aluminum
Chloride
Copper
Dissolved oxygen
Iron
Nickel
Lead
pH
Phosphorus
Zinc
Aluminum
...
0.031
0.121
0.101
0.661
0.351
0.221
−0.151
0.371
0.111
Chloride
−0.082
...
0.421
0.061
0.201
0.121
0.181
0.051
0.301
0.761
Copper
−0.042
0.262
...
0.021
0.211
0.161
0.341
0.011
0.281
0.491
Dissolved oxygen
0.172
0.152
0.022
...
−0.061
0.001
0.011
−0.061
0.001
0.101
Iron
0.642
0.112
0.082
−0.032
...
0.261
0.251
−0.091
0.401
0.261
Nickel
0.192
0.152
0.322
0.032
0.282
...
0.131
−0.011
0.201
0.191
Lead
0.122
0.082
0.432
0.012
0.232
0.292
...
−0.011
0.231
0.461
pH
−0.582
0.212
0.172
−0.162
−0.312
0.062
−0.062
...
0.011
0.021
Phosphorus
0.292
0.352
0.222
−0.022
0.612
0.332
0.242
−0.112
...
0.421
Zinc
0.312
0.352
0.442
0.282
0.422
0.262
0.412
−0.242
0.462
...
Notes:
1. The values above the diagonal represent Pearson’s correlation coefficients.
2. The values above the diagonal represent Spearman’s correlation coefficients.
Data source: Data come from federal, provincial and joint water quality surveillance programs.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Environment Accounts and Statistics Technical Paper Series, volume 2007, number 3, Behaviour Study on the Water Quality Index of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, catalogue number 16-001-MWE.