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Journal of the American Statistical Association Volume 70, 1975 - Issue 349
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Theory and Method

An Unbiased Estimator and a Sequential Test for the Correlation Coefficient

Meena Pradhan Department of Statistics, University of Bombay, Vidyanagari Kalina, Santacruz (E), Bombay, 400 029, India
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Y. S. Sathe Department of Statistics, University of Bombay, Vidyanagari Kalina, Santacruz (E), Bombay, 400 029, India
Pages 160-161 | Received 01 Jan 1974, Published online: 05 Apr 2012
 
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Abstract

An unbiased estimator and a Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT) for the correlation coefficient are proposed. The SPRT reduces to the SPRT for a binomial parameter. A comparison is made of the proposed test with those of Kowalski [4] and Choi [1].

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