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SQL Correlation With Pandas
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SQL Correlation With Pandas

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Use Python and Pandas to calculate correlation.

For this SQL version, calculate the Pearson correlation between x_value and y_value for each category. Exclude incomplete pairs, but retain categories with no valid pairs.

Output

  1. One row per category
  2. Columns: category_name, pearson_correlation, and valid_observations
  3. Include categories with no valid observations, with a NULL correlation and a count of zero
  4. Order by category_id ascending

Schema

correlation_categories
ColumnTypeDescription
category_idPKINTUnique category identifier
category_nameVARCHAR(100)Category label
correlation_observations
ColumnTypeDescription
observation_idPKINTUnique observation identifier
category_idINTCategory associated with the observation
x_valueDECIMAL(10,2)First numeric variable
y_valueDECIMAL(10,2)Second numeric variable
Tablescorrelation_categoriescorrelation_observations
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