Truncation and its effect on standard error of correlation coefficients
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A Monte Carlo study was conducted to investigate the effect of truncation of score distributions on systematic bias and random error of correlation coefficient distributions. The findings were twofold: Correlation decreases systematically due to increasing truncation; and the standard error of the correlation coefficient, which is a measure of random error, increases due to increasing truncation.Type
textThesis-Reproduction (electronic)
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M.A.Degree Level
mastersDegree Program
Graduate CollegeEducational Foundations and Administration