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phi coefficient - an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)

fourfold point correlation, phi correlation

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

distribution free statistic, nonparametric statistic - a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn

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* A higher proportion of R were substance users compared to NR (p = 0.0015, phi coefficient = 0.24).

Factors associated with recidivism at a South African forensic psychiatric hospital

We operationalized age categorically using the age strata from the "American Urological Association guidelines on the early detection of prostate cancer." Among radiation oncologists and urologists, we assessed the association between physician specialty and the treatment choice using the phi coefficient, a measure of the degree of association between two binary variables.

Personal prostate-specific antigen screening and treatment choices for localized prostate cancer among expert physicians

A phi coefficient of 0.20 indicated a small but noteworthy effect size (Cohen, 1988).

The Macdonald Triad Revisited: An Empirical Assessment of Relationships between Triadic Elements and Parental Abuse in Serial Killers

To interpret the strength of relationship coefficients (the Phi coefficient, Cramer's coefficient and the Contingency coefficient), a scale according to de Vaus [8] was used.

Application of the competency-based approach in organisations in the Czech republic

The phi coefficient was used to test categorical diagnosis.

Reliability of the ICD-10 International Personality Disorder Examination (Urdu Translation): A preliminary study

Taking the number of participants agreeing to a request, independent chi square and phi coefficient test analyses of the 3 (experimental condition) x 2 (compliance) design revealed a significant effect ([chi square](2, N = 90) = 17.58, p < .001, [phi] = .40).

Repeating "yes" in a first request and compliance with a later request: the four walls technique

Other correlations coefficients will test non-linear relationships or those not measured at the interval level, such as phi coefficient, point biserial correlation coefficient, and others (Lang & Secic, 2006).

Correlations

It provides a more realistic estimation than phi coefficient if applied to 2x2 tables (Bonett & Price (2005), and its value is generally larger.

Software para el Computo del Coeficiente de Correlacion Tetracorico

The mean weighted aggregate phi coefficient was 0.23 (range, 0.01-0.45).

Evidence-Based Psychiatric Medicine: sexual abuse and self-injurious behavior

For individual items, relationships among variables were evaluated using the chi-square test of independence and the phi coefficient to determine whether the independent variables were related to performance on individual items.

An examination of factors related to radiation protection practices

A phi coefficient was used to determine the relationship between the following variable and teacher retention: teacher education program completed.

Determining the effect of selected variables on teacher retention