The correlation coefficient and problems of inference in recreation research |
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| Authors: | James E Christensen |
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| Institution: | Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure Studies, and Senior Researcher, Leisure Behavior Research Laboratory , University of Illinois , Champaign, Illinois |
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| Abstract: | Correlation analysis frequently has been used for the investigation of leisure research questions. This paper illustrates the problem of “unequal weighting of cases” which is present in the use of correlation analysis. It further illustrates how this problem can mislead researchers when they make substantive inferences about leisure. |
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| Keywords: | correlation coefficient unequal weighting regression coefficient |
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