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ERIC Number: EJ137067
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Effects of Coarse Grouping and Skewed Marginal Distributions on the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
Wylie, Peter B.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 36, 1, 1-7, Spr 76
Twelve non-normal bivariate distributions were constructed to investigate the effects which coarsley grouped, skewed marginal distributions have on the correlation coefficient and the accuracy of current methods of correction for grouping. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Bias
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Identifiers: Grouping (Statistical Analysis); Pearson Product Moment Correlation; Skewed Distributions