Testing dependent correlations with nonoverlapping variables: A monte carlo simulation

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-69

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependent correlations; Monte Carlo simulation; Nonoverlapping variables; Statistical power; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644265826     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.71.1.53-70     Document Type: Article

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