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Which one of the following formulae is used to calculate the standard error of coefficient of…

For the t-based test of zero population Pearson correlation, the estimated standard error is \(\sqrt{\frac{1-r^{2}}{n-2}}\), with \(t=r/\mathrm{SE}(r)\) and \(n-2\) degrees…

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Which one of the following formulae is used to calculate the standard error of coefficient of correlation between 25 paired observations of a sample ?

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For the t-based test of zero population Pearson correlation, the estimated standard error is 1−r2n−2\sqrt{\frac{1-r^{2}}{n-2}}, with t=r/SE(r)t=r/\mathrm{SE}(r) and n−2n-2 degrees of freedom. For 25 paired observations, the denominator within the square root is 23. The expression (1−r2)/n(1-r^{2})/\sqrt{n} is the conventional large-sample approximation; multiplying it by 0.6745 gives the probable error. The reciprocal square-root expression is not the standard error.

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