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On the Polychoric Series Method for Estimation of ρ in Contingency Tables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

M. A. Hamdan
M. A. Hamdan*
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University American University of Beirut
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Abstract

The present note illustrates the application of Lancaster & Hamdan's [1964] polychoric series method for estimating the correlation coefficient in contingency tables. A simple format for the calculations involved, using a desk calculator, is suggested and hence applied to a specific 3 × 3 contingency table.

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Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , September 1971 , pp. 253 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © 1971 The Psychometric Society

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