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Generating Variables with Arbitrary Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Paul J. Hoffman
Paul J. Hoffman*
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University of Oregon
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Abstract

There are occasions in psychological research where it is desirable to have available sets of variables with arbitrary intercorrelations. A quite simple procedure is described for generating pairs of such variables.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , September 1959 , pp. 265 - 267
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Copyright © 1959 The Psychometric Society

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