Dear Gerard,
Here is how to read it:

> The correlation matrix terms greater than 0.50 are
> 1  1UISO-1  2UISO   5011  3UISO   687   1HSCL   801
> 1  2UISO-   1HSCL   650
> 1  3UISO-   1HSCL   852
> 1   RM11-ZERO  1   -642
> 1   RM22-ZERO  1   -640
> 1   RM33-ZERO  1   -692
>    1ABS1-   1ABS2  1000
> 1  1PF 2-1  1PF 3  -727
> v-cov distribution 0...1 by 0.05
>    430  125   77   34    7   10    7    2    0    1    1    0    2 
>   3    1    0    1    1    0    1

1st column (8 characters wide): Variable 1, 2nd column: (also 8
characters wide) Variable 2, with "-" separating both columns, 3rd
column (6 characters wide) the correlation value multiplied by 1000.
Following collumns are show if more paramters have correlations greater
than 0.5 with the parameters in the first collumn. So in this case, 4th
collumn (8 characters wide with no separation from 3rd): Variable 2',
5th collumn (6 char wide): correlation between Var1 and Var2', etc for
var 2''...

So you can read the first column this way: 
1  1UISO (Iso thermal param. for atom 1 in phase 1) shows a correlation
of 0.501 with 1  2UISO (iso param for atom 2 in phase 1) so thermal
parameters for atoms 1 and 2 inphase one have 50% correlation. 
1  1UISO shows .687 corelation with 1   3UISO, or atom's 1 and 3 Uisos
are correlated 68.7%
1  1UISO is correlated with histogram scale factor by 80.1 %

ABS = absorption correction if my memory is good but you can check in
the GSAS manual that accompanies GSAS distribution. You have a problem
with the setup of the refinement because you have 2 absorption
corrections and both parameters are correlated by 100% so they are not
refining independently. I don't remember what the numbers before and
after ABS mean (histogram, phase, model applied) but check in the manual
and you'll find it.

The last line, v-cov distribution 0...1 by 0.05 shows the values in a
histogram with range of covariances from 0 to 1 divided in classes 0.05
wide. First value means that 430 pairs of parameters show absolute value
of correlation between 0.0 and 0.025, 2nd value means 127 parameters
show absolute value of correlation between 0.025 and 0.075 and so forth.

The top list only gives those higher than 0.5 in absolute value so you
expect 10 counting the last 10 entries in the bottom line, as shown.

Hope this helps.
Leo

Dr. Leopoldo Suescun
Argonne National Laboratory
Materials Science Division Bldg 223
9700 S. Cass Ave. Argonne IL 60439
Phone: 1 (630) 252-9760
Fax: 1 (630) 252-7777

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerard, Garcia S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 7:37 am
Subject: correlation matrix interpretation

> Dear all,
> 
> Could you please help me to translate this chunk of the correlation 
> matrix?HSCL is the histogram scale factor
> PF profile coefficients
> RMii lattice parameters
> ABS?
> UISo thermal parameters
> 
> how do i interpret the numbers? and the signs? how strongly 
> correlated these variables are?
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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