EFFECTS OF NORMALITY VIOLATIONS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS

• NCJ Number: 6150
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Dated: (JULY 1971) Pages: 156-164
• Author(s): M J HINDELANG
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STATISTICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE FACT THAT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR DOES NOT FOLLOW THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CURVE.

Abstract

A MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE IS USED TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF NORMALITY VIOLATIONS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF PEARSON PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS. THE FINDINGS TENTATIVELY INDICATE THAT WHEN CONVENTIONAL TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE ARE USED EVEN RATHER SEVERE NORMALITY VIOLATIONS DO NOT SUBSTANTIALLY DISTORT THE PROBABILITY OF REJECTING THE NULL HYPOTHESIS THAT RHO EQUALS ZERO WHEN THIS HYPOTHESIS IS TRUE. AUTHOR ABSTRACT