Inferential procedures based on the weighted Pearson correlation coefficient test statistic
Han Yu, Alan D. Hutson
Abstract
statistic was shown to robustly control the type I error even in the small sample and non-normality settings. The method was demonstrated with an example data of country-level preterm birth rates.
Topics & Concepts
Studentized rangeMathematicsStatisticsPearson's chi-squared testPearson product-moment correlation coefficientType I and type II errorsTest statisticStatisticStudentized residualSample size determinationCorrelation coefficientBivariate analysisResamplingOne- and two-tailed testsFisher transformationStatistical hypothesis testingStandard errorStatistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference