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Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Ken Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:19 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Biserial r. I vote that Karl and Jim both deserve thanks for raising and discussing this topic. Ken Jim Clark wrote: > > It is perhaps worth noting that there are other widely used > statistics that produce "impossible" values. The Bonferroni > test, for example, can produce ps > 1 if one computes LSD p x > # comparisons (as reported in SPSS, for example). SPSS rounds > these to 1. Perhaps similar convention is adopted for rb? > > I'm hard-pressed to decide whether to thank Karl for raising > this interesting question, or berate him for taking me away > from my marking to do this exercise! Or perhaps the latter > should be a thanks as well? > > Take care Jim > > James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] > >>>> "Wuensch, Karl L" <[email protected]> 20-Apr-10 4:03:26 >>>> PM >>> > See: The Theory of Correlation Between Two Continuous > Variables when One is Dichotomized Author(s): Robert F. Tate > Source: Biometrika, Vol. 42, No. 1/2 (Jun., 1955), pp. 205-216 > > > Cheers, > > Karl W. --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9250 &n=T&l=tips&o=2134 or send a blank email to leave-2134-12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2137 or send a blank email to leave-2137-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
