One in a series of nine articles in a section entitled, "Electronic Computer Program and Accounting Machine Procedures.

The program can compute a great number of different correlation and other statistical measures. The user is free to select among the measures and also among the variables that are read by the program. When a particular set of variables has been treated in the prescribed way, a new set may follow together with new measure definitions. (Author)

When a correlation is taken in a sample in which the range of the variables being correlated is limited, it is often desired to apply the correlation to groups with different ranges for the variables. In such situations, a correction for restriction of range (more precisely, restriction of standard deviation) may be necessary. Considered in this…

The autoregressive integrated moving averages model (ARIMA) has been applied to time series data in psychological and educational research. A program is described that generates ARIMA data of a known order. The program enables researchers to explore statistical properties of ARIMA data and simulate systems producing time dependent observations.…

A FORTRAN program, GAMMA, computes Goodman and Kruskal's coefficient of ordinal association, gamma, and Somer's coefficient. The program also provides associated standard errors, standard scores, and probability values. (Author/JKS)

Distributions and linear regressions are discussed. The section dealing with the former topic emphasizes the usefulness of computer programs in statistics, demonstrating their ability to handle tedious and time-consuming tasks. The normal curve is stressed since the assumption of a normal distribution is common. An example of 200 data points is…

Improvements of the Gaussian quadrature in conjunction with the Newton-Raphson iteration technique (TM 000 789) are discussed as effective methods of calculating the bivariate normal correlation coefficient. (CK)

A program for calculating Kendall's tau-a, tau-b, partial tau, coefficient of concordance, coefficient of consistence, and coefficient of agreement is presented. In addition, the program provides tests of significance for each of the coefficients except partial tau. (DG)

KONFIG is a program which performs a Configural Frequency Analysis for dichotomous data. The aim of the method is to identify types of persons with similar configurations in the values of the variables. The program is especially useful in analyzing large samples of persons in relation to number of variables. (Author/JKS)

An overview of several statistics useful in interpreting variates constructed by using canonical correlation analysis is presented. A computer program which calculates coefficients not typically provided by computer packages is discussed. An illustrative example of the output is provided. (Author/JKS)

In this paper a rapid and reliable method is found for estimating the value of the Bivariate Normal Correlation Coefficient, p, given values of the joint probability and the normal deviates, h and k, or the related areas. (Editor)

Setwise regression analysis is a new technique developed to allow a stepwise solution when the interest is in sets of variables rather than in single variables. (CK)

In this paper a reliable method is found for approximating the value of the Bivariate Normal Correlation Coefficient, rho, given values of the joint probability and the normal deviates, h and k, or the related areas. This technique finds useful application in the computation of the tetrachoric correlation coefficient, r, when the underlying…

Source decks and program listings are available from the author at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. (MB)