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Seeing the Fisher Z-transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Charles F. Bond Jr.  and
Ken Richardson
Charles F. Bond Jr.*
Affiliation:
Texas Christian University
Ken Richardson
Affiliation:
Texas Christian University
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to Charles Bond, c.bond@tcu.edu
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Abstract

Since 1915, statisticians have been applying Fisher's Z-transformation to Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients. We offer new geometric interpretations of this transformation.

Keywords

correlation coefficientFishergeometryhyperbolictransformation
Type
Theory And Methods
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 291 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 The Psychometric Society

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