A 14th Way to Look at a Correlation Coefficient: Correlation as the Proportion of Matches

American Statistician

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-46

  Rovine, Michael J ^a   Von Eye, Alexander ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031475999     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1997.10473586     Document Type: Article

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