Part Correlation Calculator

The part correlation coefficient, also known as semi-partial correlation coefficient, assesses the degree of association between two variables \(X_1\) and \(X_2\), when controlling (keeping constant) a third variable \(X_3\), but only one variable. Mathematically, the partial correlation between \(X_1\) and \(X_2\), when controlling for \(X_3\) for \(X_2\) only is written as \(r_{1(2.3)}\), and it is computed using the following formula:

\[r_{1(2.3)} =\frac{r_{12} - r_{13}r_{23} }{\sqrt{1 - r_{23}^2 }}\]

Also, the partial correlation between \(X_1\) and \(X_2\), when controlling for \(X_3\) for \(X_1\) only is written as \(r_{1(2.3)}\), and it is computed using the following formula:

\[r_{2(1.3)} =\frac{r_{12} - r_{13}r_{23} }{\sqrt{1 - r_{13}^2 }}\]

If you want to compute the partial correlation between \(X_1\) and \(X_2\), controlling \(X_3\) for both \(X_1\) and \(X_2\), then you can use our partial correlation coefficient calculator instead. Or, if you want to compute the correlation between \(X_1\) and \(X_2\) without controlling for any other variable, you can use this Pearson's correlation coefficient calculator instead.