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Table for determining phi coefficients

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A table is presented which directly gives phi coefficients accurate to three places when entered by the proportion of one sub-group responding in a specified manner and the proportion of a second sub-group responding in the same manner. The table gives coefficients identical with those obtained by formula if the sub-groups are equal in number. The phi coefficients can readily be expressed, if desired, in terms of critical ratio or chi square. The table is more accurate than the use of abacs and eliminates the use of time-consuming formulas. Accurate determination of item validity on the basis of statistically rigorous techniques can be made more quickly by means of the table than validity determined by less efficient methods which have previously been used to save time.

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    C. E. Jurgensen

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Jurgensen, C.E. Table for determining phi coefficients. Psychometrika 12, 17–29 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289290

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