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tetrachoric correlation

DEFINITIONS OF: tetrachoric correlation

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n a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy

Synonyms:
tetrachoric correlation coefficient
Type of:
coefficient of correlation, correlation, correlation coefficient
a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)
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