Concept information
Preferred term
point-biserial correlation coefficient
Definition
- Correlation between a dichotomous variable (e.g., identification or not of a suspect in a police lineup) and a quantitative variable whose values are considered as separate points (e.g., a confidence scale) (after De Landsheere, 1979).
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• De Landsheere, G. (1979). Dictionnaire de l’évaluation et de la recherche en éduction. Presses Universitaires de France.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Juslin, P., Olsson, N., & Winman, A. (1996). Calibration and diagnosticity of confidence in eyewitness identification: Comments on what can be inferred from the low confidence–accuracy correlation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22(5), 1304–1316. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.22.5.1304
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Olsson, N. (2000). A comparison of correlation, calibration, and diagnosticity as measures of the confidence–accuracy relationship in witness identification. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(4), 504–511. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.85.4.504
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
Measure of
In other languages
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French
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coefficient de corrélation bisérielle de point
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corrélation bisériale de point
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corrélation bisérielle de point
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-ZW6DMBFQ-1 - • Juslin, P., Olsson, N., & Winman, A. (1996). Calibration and diagnosticity of confidence in eyewitness identification: Comments on what can be inferred from the low confidence–accuracy correlation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22(5), 1304–1316. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.22.5.1304
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