fisherz {psych}R Documentation

Fisher z transform of r

Description

convert a correlation to a z score using the Fisher transformation.

Usage

fisherz(rho)

Arguments

rho a Pearson r

Value

z value corresponding to r

Author(s)

Maintainer: William Revelle revelle@northwestern.edu

Examples

## Not run: 
cors <- seq(-.9,.9,.1)
round(fisherz(cors),2)
## End(Not run)

## The function is currently defined as
function(rho)  {0.5*log((1+rho)/(1-rho)) }   #converts r to z  

[Package psych version 1.0-18 Index]