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Standard Errors of Correlations Adjusted for Incidental Selection

Educational Testing Service

Stephen B. Dunbar

University of Iowa

The standard error of correlations that have been adjusted for selection with commonly used formulas developed by Pearson (1903) was investigated. The major purposes of the study were (1) to provide large- sample approximations of the standard error of a cor relation adjusted using the Pearson-Lawley three-varia ble correction formula; (2) to examine the standard er rors of adjusted correlations under specific conditions; and (3) to compare various estimates of the standard errors under direct and indirect selection. Two theory- based large-sample estimates of the standard error of a correlation adjusted for indirect selection were devel oped using the delta method. These two estimates were compared to one another, to a bootstrap esti mate, and to an empirical standard deviation of a se ries of adjusted correlations generated in a simulation study. The simulation study manipulated factors de fined by sample size, selection ratio, underlying popu lation distribution, and population correlations in situ ations that satisfied the basic assumptions of the Pearson-Lawley procedures. The results indicated that the large-sample and bootstrap estimates were very similar when the sample size was 500 and, in most cases, the simpler of the two large-sample approxima tions appears to offer a reasonable estimate of the standard error of an adjusted correlation without re sorting to complex, computer-intensive approaches. Index terms: correlation coefficients, missing data, Pearson-Lawley corrections, selection, standard er rors of correlations, validity studies.

Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 14, No. 1, 83-94 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/014662169001400109


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