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Note on ϕ/ϕmax

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Edward E. Cureton*
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee

Abstract

Formulas are given for a descriptive statistic related to the fourfold-point correlation but having always-attainable limits ±1.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 The Psychometric Society

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