Abstract
Calculates the upper limit of the correlation between a supposedly continuous normally distributed variable and a dichotomous variable. It is argued that an empirically obtained correlation should be evaluated in view of this limit, instead of the usual limit of Pearson correlation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 259-261 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Educational Statistics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 1986 |
Keywords
- Confidence Limits (Statistics)
- Point Biserial Correlation
- Statistical Variables