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phi correlation

DEFINITIONS OF: phi correlation

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n an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)

Synonyms:
fourfold point correlation, phi coefficient
Type of:
distribution free statistic, nonparametric statistic
a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn
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