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Table 16
Raw data correlation coefficient for the British Columbia dataset

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Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
pH
Phosphorus
Lead
Temperature
Zinc
Cadmium
...
0.131
0.141
0.041
0.241
0.511
−0.031
0.361
Chromium
0.662
...
0.061
0.021
0.021
0.031
0.051
0.041
Copper
0.372
0.392
...
0.061
0.561
0.431
0.081
0.421
pH
0.082
0.082
0.142
...
0.071
0.051
0.081
0.061
Phosphorus
0.292
0.232
0.632
0.152
...
0.581
0.091
0.651
Lead
0.542
0.472
0.672
0.142
0.512
...
0.111
0.661
Temperature
0.002
0.022
0.162
0.112
0.192
0.242
...
0.111
Zinc
0.332
0.332
0.692
0.082
0.522
0.742
0.252
...
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.