compOverlapCorr-package {compOverlapCorr}R Documentation

Comparing overlapping correlation coefficients

Description

This package contains function to test the difference between two overlapping (in the sense of having a variable in common) correlation coefficients, using a Z-test as described by Meng, Rosenthal, and Rubin (Meng et al, 1992).

Details

Package: compOverlapCorr
Type: Package
Version: 1.0
Date: 2006-07-21
License: GPL version 2

Author(s)

Ka-Loh Li <ka-loh.li@radiology.ucsf.edu>, and Xiaoping Zhu <Xiaoping.Zhu@ucsf.edu>

Maintainer: Ka-Loh Li <ka-loh.li@radiology.ucsf.edu>

References

Meng X-L, Rosenthal R, Rubin DB. Comparing correlated correlation coefficients. Psychological bulletin 1992;111(1):172-175.

Examples

resul <- compOverlapCorr(15, 0.63, -0.03, -0.19)

[Package compOverlapCorr version 1.0 Index]