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Tests of Homogeneity of Independent Correlation Coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Helena Chmura Kraemer*
Affiliation:
Stanford University
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Helena Chmura Kraemer, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

Abstract

It is demonstrated that tests of homogeneity of independent correlation coefficients based on the simple forms of the normal and t approximations to the distribution of the correlation coefficients are comparable in terms of robustness, size and power.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 The Psychometric Society

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