Tables of the Ordinates and Probability Integral of the Distribution of the Correlation Coefficient in Small Samples

An examination of the theory of correlation and correlation tables.

F. N. David (Author)

9780521124126, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 December 2009

112 pages
28 x 21 x 0.6 cm, 0.27 kg

The theory of correlation finds its origins in the pioneering work of Francis Galton. Lark Pearson and R. A. Fisher did much to develop the foundations of the subject in the early part of the twentieth century as the theory of mathematical statistics and its applications took shape. This book dates back to the 1930s, meeting the requirements of the time by providing tables of correlation coefficients to a considerable degree of accuracy, whilst also discussing a number of illustrative examples that employ the tables to provide a guide in drawing inference from observation.

Editor's preface
Introduction
1. Introductory
2. Construction of the tables
3. Interpolation, methods and illustration
4. Use of the tables and illustrations
5. Efficacy of the z'-transformation
6. Conclusion
Appendix
References
Diagrams I–X
Tables
Charts I–IV.

Subject Areas: Mathematics [PB]