Biserial Estimates of Correlation

1 March 1963

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika

Vol. 28 (1) , 81-85
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02289550

Abstract

Brogden's coefficient of selective efficiency and Clemans' λ are more efficient than biserial r when the correlation is high. Some empirical sampling studies are reported comparing the standard errors of these statistics.

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