Standard and bootstrap confidence intervals for the correlation coefficient

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-396

  Sievers, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0038909919     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1996.tb01095.x     Document Type: Article

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