The effects of sample size and variability on the correlation coefficient

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Bates, Barry T ^b   Zhang, Songning ^b   Dufek, Janet S ^b   Chen, Fang C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PEARSON PRODUCT MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; VARIABILITY

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; VARIANCE;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029974479     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199603000-00015     Document Type: Article

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