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Problems with Bootstrapping Pearson Correlations in Very Small Bivariate Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Michael Dolker ,
Silas Halperin  and
D. R. Divgi
Michael Dolker*
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
Silas Halperin
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
D. R. Divgi
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Michael Dolker, Program Evaluation, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Box 27, University Station, Syracuse, New York 13210.
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Abstract

Efron's Monte Carlo bootstrap algorithm is shown to cause degeneracies in Pearson's r for sufficiently small samples. Two ways of preventing this problem when programming the bootstrap of r are considered.

Keywords

bootstrapcorrelation coefficientMonte Carlo

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Notes And Comments
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Psychometrika , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , December 1982 , pp. 529 - 530
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 The Psychometric Society

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