def mod2(list1, list2): n = min(len(list1), len(list2)) if n == 0: return 0.0 avg1 = sum(list1[:n]) / n avg2 = sum(list2[:n]) / n numerator = 0 denom1 = 0 denom2 = 0 for i in range(n): diff1 = list1[i] - avg1 diff2 = list2[i] - avg2 numerator += diff1 * diff2 denom1 += diff1 * diff1 denom2 += diff2 * diff2 if denom1 == 0 or denom2 == 0: return 0.0 correlation = numerator / ((denom1 * denom2) ** 0.5) return correlation