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On the large sample distributions of modified sample biserial correlation coefficients

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The asymptotic distributions of Brogden's and Lord's modified sample biserial correlation coefficients are derived. The asymptotic variances of these estimators are evaluated for bivariate normal populations and compared to the asymptotic variance of the maximum likelihood estimator.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, NM

    Edward J. Bedrick

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The author would like to thank the referees for several suggestions which improved the presentation of the paper.

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Bedrick, E.J. On the large sample distributions of modified sample biserial correlation coefficients. Psychometrika 55, 217–228 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02295284

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