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comparing two partial correlations

Pablo A. Mora
I am interested in comparing two partial correlations and I was wondering if
it'd be ok to use the same procedure used for comparing two bivariate
correlations.  Any suggestions is appreciated.


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Re: comparing two partial correlations

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Stephen Brand
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Pablo,

If you are referring to Fisher's r-to-z transformation, then yes, this can
be applied to partial correlations (indeed Fisher wrote about this
application).  Please note that the procedure for conducting this test
differs depending on whether the correlations come from independent samples
or the same sample.

HTH,

Stephen Brand

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Pablo A. Mora
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Subject: comparing two partial correlations


I am interested in comparing two partial correlations and I was wondering if
it'd be ok to use the same procedure used for comparing two bivariate
correlations.  Any suggestions is appreciated.


Pablo