point biserial correlation coefficient
point biserial correlation coefficient
[¦pȯint ‚bī¦sir·ē·əl ‚kär·ə′lā·shən ‚kō·ə‚fish·ənt] (statistics)
A modification of the biserial correlation coefficient in which one variable is dichotomous and the other is continuous; a product moment correlation coefficient.
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