Sign of correlation coefficient

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Very Weak or Negligible

+Values Positive Relationship

0.5 to 1.0

0.3 to 0.45

0.1 to 0.29

0 to 0.09

−Values Negative Relationship

−1.0 to −0.5

−0.49 to −0.3

−0.29 to −0.1

−0.09 to 0