Designed by Jamie DeCoster & Anne-Marie Iselin on 11.05.

2005
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Comparing Two Correlations Measured on Independent Groups of Subjects

r{group1} r{group2} N{group1} N{group2} Zr{group1}-Zr{group2} s{difference} Z
0.33 0.77 100 100 -0.6774995039 0.1435916317 -4.718238074

Comparing Two Independent Correlations Measured on the Same Subjects (i.e., testing r{jk} = r{hm})
r{jk} r{hm} r{jh} r{jm} r{kh} r{km} N
0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 100

Comparing Two Dependent Correlation Measured on the Same Subjects (i.e., testing r{jk} = r{jh})
r{jk} r{jh} r{kh} N Zr{jk}-Zr{jh} COV(r{jk},r{jh}) s{difference}
0.4 0.5 0.1 100 -0.1256572141 0.0015873016 0.1434776249

**Enter values into cells colored .. Cells colored in are the values to report.

Formula for comparing correlations measured on independent groups of subjects taken from
Cohen, J., Cohen, P., West, S. G., & Aiken, L. S. (2003). Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavi

Formulas for comparing correlations measured on the same subjects taken from
Steiger, J. H. (1980). Tests for comparing elements of a correlation matrix. Psychological Bulletin, 87, 245–251.
 p-value
0.000002379

k} = r{hm})
Zr{jk}-Zr{hm} COV(r{jk},r{hm}) s{difference} Z p-value (two-tailed)
-0.1438410362 0.478125 0.103731911 -1.39 0.1655450366

= r{jh})
Z p-value (two-tailed)
-0.8757965869 0.3811406259

the values to report.

elation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

ulletin, 87, 245–251.