Choosing the best correction formula for the pearson r2 effect size

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-278

  Skidmore, Susan Troncoso ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bivariate relationship; correlation; effect sizes; Monte Carlo studies; Pearson r; simulation; unbiased estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957843427     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2010.484437     Document Type: Article

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