[ncl-talk] Query on escorc function page

[Dennis Shea]

You are correct. The documentation has been fixed.  THX. D

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 5:51 AM, Tess Parker <tess.parker at monash.edu> wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I am using the documentation page for the escorc Pearson sample
> correlation function:
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/escorc.shtml
>
> ** Under Example 1, two methods for the calculation and confidence limits
> are given. Under the alternative method, the following is given:
>
> An alternative for testing significance is:
>
>         t    = r*log <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/log.shtml>((n-2)/(1-*r*^2))
>         p    = student_t(t, df)
>         psig = 0.05                       ; test significance level
>         print("t="+t+"  p="+p)            ; t=2.02755  p=0.0732238
>
> ** However, to calculate t (as stated further up on the page) one uses:
>
> t = r*sqrt[ (*n*-2)/(1-r^2) ]
>
> It seems then that the formula for t given in the alternative test is
> wrong, in using the log rather than the sqrt?
>
> Thanks as always for your help.
>
>
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>
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