Maximal Correlation Between Normal and Dichotomous Variables.

Gradstein, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ351766

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Publication Date: 1986

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Maximal Correlation Between Normal and Dichotomous Variables.

Gradstein, Mark

Journal of Educational Statistics, v11 n4 p259-61 Win 1986

The purpose of this paper is to calculate the upper limit of the correlation between normal and dichotomous variables. An empirically obtained correlation should be evaluated in view of this limit, instead of the usual limit of Pearson correlation. (Author)

Descriptors: Correlation, Equations (Mathematics), Predictor Variables, Probability, Statistical Significance

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Language: English

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