Abstract
This article discusses several methods that have been proposed for estimating a bivariate correlation coefficient when one of the observed variables is binary. An example is used to illustrate the different approaches.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Biostatistics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Armitage Enc Biostats 2e |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780470011812 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470849071 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- bivariate association
- latent variable
- method of moments estimator
- mixed data
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
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