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statpsych (version 1.7.0)

ci.phi: Confidence interval for a phi correlation

Description

Computes a Fisher confidence interval for a population phi correlation. This function requires the frequency counts from a 2 x 2 contingency table for two dichotomous variables. This measure of association is usually most appropriate when both dichotomous variables are naturally dichotomous.

Usage

ci.phi(alpha, f00, f01, f10, f11)

Value

Returns a 1-row matrix. The columns are:

  • Estimate - estimate of phi correlation

  • SE - standard error

  • LL - lower limit of the confidence interval

  • UL - upper limit of the confidence interval

Arguments

alpha

alpha level for 1-alpha confidence

f00

number of participants with y = 0 and x = 0

f01

number of participants with y = 0 and x = 1

f10

number of participants with y = 1 and x = 0

f11

number of participants with y = 1 and x = 1

References

Bishop1975statpsych

Examples

Run this code
ci.phi(.05, 229, 28, 96, 24)

# Should return:
#  Estimate         SE         LL        UL
#  0.1229976 0.05477117 0.01462398 0.2285149


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