A monte carlo evaluation of tests for comparing dependent correlations

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-168

  Hittner, James B ^a   May, Kim ^a   Silver, N Clayton ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependent correlations; Monte Carlo simulation; Statistical power; Type I error rate; Zero order

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0041508630     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300309601282     Document Type: Article

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