Selecting Statistics
Statistical Test
Pearson's product moment r
Statistical Measure
Do Fisher's r to Z transformation and refer the critical ratio of Z to a table of the unit normal curve.
Notes
This is a biased estimator.r: Hays, W. L. Statistics for the Social Sciences. Second edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1973. p. 623
z-transformation test: Hays, W. L. Statistics for the Social Sciences. Second edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1973. p. 662
SPSS: PEARSON CORR, CROSSTABS
SAS: CORR