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Alternative Views on Correlations between Persons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Cyril Burt  and
William Stephenson
Cyril Burt
Affiliation:
University of London
William Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Abstract

The article discusses the general principles involved in factorizing correlations between persons, and compares the special techniques put forward by Burt and Stephenson respectively. The chief points of agreement and disagreement are summarized. In statistical procedure the two writers prove to be largely in accord; but they differ over the psychological and the methodological implications, the chief source of divergence being the so-called “reciprocity principle.”

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Psychometrika , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1939 , pp. 269 - 281
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Copyright © 1939 The Psychometric Society

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