Quadrant count ratio

The quadrant count ratio (QCR) is a measure of the association between two quantitative variables. The
QCR is not commonly used in the practice of statistics; rather, it is a useful tool in statistics education
because it can be used as an intermediate step in the development of Pearson's correlation coefficient.[1]

Definition and properties

To calculate the QCR, the data are divided into quadrants based on the mean of the and variables.
The formula for calculating the QCR is then:

where is the number of observations in that quadrant and is the total number of
observations.[2]

The QCR is always between −1 and 1. Values near −1, 0, and 1 indicate strong negative association, no
association, and strong positive association (as in Pearson's correlation coefficient). However, unlike
Pearson's correlation coefficient the QCR may be −1 or 1 without the data exhibiting a perfect linear
relationship.

Example
The scatterplot shows the maximum wind speed (X) and minimum
pressure (Y) for 35 Category 5 Hurricanes. The mean wind speed is
170 mph (indicated by the blue line), and the mean pressure is
921.31 hPa (indicated by the green line). There are 6 observations
in Quadrant I, 13 observations in Quadrant II, 5 observations in
Quadrant III, and 11 observations in Quadrant IV. Thus, the QCR

for these data is , indicating a

moderate negative relationship between wind speed and pressure Data from 35 Category 5 Hurricanes
for these hurricanes. The value of Pearson's correlation coefficient showing the relationship between
for these data is −0.63, also indicating a moderate negative wind speed (X) and pressure (Y).
relationship.. The blue and green lines represent
the means of the X and Y values,

See also respectively. The Quadrants have

been labeled. The points have been
jittered to reduce overlap of
Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics
Education observations.
 Mean absolute deviation (MAD) – A statistic used as a precursor to standard deviation.

References
1. Kader, Gary, D.; Christine A. Franklin (November 2008). "The Evolution of Pearson's
Correlation Coefficient". Mathematics Teacher. 102 (4): 292–299.
doi:10.5951/MT.102.4.0292 (https://doi.org/10.5951%2FMT.102.4.0292).
2. Holmes, Peter (Autumn 2001). "Correlation: From Picture to Formula". Teaching Statistics.
23 (3): 67–71. doi:10.1111/1467-9639.00058 (https://doi.org/10.1111%2F1467-9639.00058).
S2CID 123667316 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:123667316).

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