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Table 4 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between 13 metals observed in surface water samples received from Akcay River

From: Data analysis of heavy metal content in riverwater: multivariate statistical analysis and inequality expressions

 

As

Ba

Co

Cr

Cu

Fe

Mn

Ni

Pb

Sr

Ti

V

Zn

As

1

            

Ba

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{330}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

1

           

Co

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{357}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

0.296

1

          

Cr

−0.071

0.282

−0.134

1

         

Cu

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{901}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

0.331\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{374}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

−0.134

1

        

Fe

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{332}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

0.534\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.199

0.247

0.289

1

       

Mn

0.172

0.375\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{669}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

0.255

0.126

0.445\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

1

      

Ni

0.128

0.539\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.116

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{475}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

0.264

0.322\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{509}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

1

     

Pb

0.317

0.239

0.247

0.069

0.422\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.083

0.111

0.348\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

1

    

Sr

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{789}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

0.736\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{345}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

−0.083

0.753\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.387\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

0.113

0.245

0.338\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

1

   

Ti

0.291

0.327\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{338}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

0.227

0.330\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

0.404\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

0.269

0.325\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

0.165

0.275

1

  

V

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{822}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

0.278

0.290

−0.249

0.900\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.153

−0.074

0.091

0.290

0.732\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.228

1

 

Zn

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{473}^{\boldsymbol{**}} \)

0.412\(^{\boldsymbol{*}}\)

\( \mathbf{0}\boldsymbol{.}\mathbf{358}^{\boldsymbol{*}} \)

0.181

0.588\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.216

0.243

0.584\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.547\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.509\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.456\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

0.444\(^{\boldsymbol{**}}\)

1

  1. ∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). ∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).