From Bareiss' Algorithm to the Stable Computation of Partial Correlations

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Delosme ◽  
Ilse C. Ipsen
Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean M. Mitchell ◽  
Danielle R. Jahn ◽  
Kelly C. Cukrowicz

Background: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among college students. The interpersonal theory of suicide may provide a way to conceptualize suicide risk in this population. Aims: We sought to examine relations between illegal behaviors that may act as risk factors for suicide and the acquired capability for suicide. Method: College students (N = 758) completed assessments of acquired capability and previous exposure to painful and provocative events, including illegal risk behaviors (IRBs). Linear regression, a nonparametric bootstrapping procedure, and two-tailed partial correlations were employed to test our hypotheses. Results: There was no significant relation between IRBs and acquired capability after controlling for legal painful and provocative experiences. A significant positive relation was identified between IRBs and fear/anxiety, contradicting the expected relation between increased painful and provocative experiences and lower fear/anxiety. Acquired capability explained variance in the relation between IRBs and history of suicide attempt or self-injury history. Conclusion: Further research is needed to examine links between IRBs and painful and provocative events, particularly to identify the point at which habituation begins to increase acquired capability, as our unexpected results may be due to a lack of habituation to risky behaviors or low variability of scores in the sample.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua R. Polanin ◽  
Dorothy L. Espelage ◽  
Jennifer K. Grotpeter ◽  
Elizabeth Spinney ◽  
Katherine M. Ingram ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E. Hughes ◽  
Lauren B. Alloy ◽  
Alex Cogswell

The relation between repetitive thought and depression and anxiety symptoms was examined in an undergraduate sample. Individuals completed self-report measures of rumination, worry, depression, and anxiety as well as other related constructs including private self-consciousness, looming maladaptive style, cognitive style, cognitive content, and future outlook. Regression analyses and tests for significant differences between partial correlations were utilized to assess the study hypotheses. The results indicated that rumination and worry overlap in their association with depression and anxiety symptoms, and that rumination may be an especially important component of this overlap. Secondary analyses demonstrated that rumination and worry are two distinct constructs, as their patterns of associations with related constructs were different.


1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
András Vargha ◽  
Tamás Rudas ◽  
Harold D. Delaney ◽  
Scott E. Maxwell

It was recently demonstrated that performing median splits on both of two predictor variables could sometimes result in spurious statistical significance instead of lower power. Not only is the conventional wisdom that dichotomization always lowers power incorrect, but the current article further demonstrates that inflation of apparent effects can also occur in certain cases where only one of two predictor variables is dichotomized. In addition, we show that previously published formulas claiming that correlations are necessarily reduced by bivariate dichotomization are incorrect. While the magnitude of the difference between the correct and incorrect formulas is not great for small or moderate correlations, it is important to correct the misunderstanding of partial correlations that led to the error in the previous derivations. This is done by considering the relationship between partial correlation and conditional independence in the context of dichotomized predictor variables.


1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Rosner

This study explored the correlates between auditory and visual perceptual skills, and primary grade reading and arithmetic achievement. Three sets of scores–Stanford Achievement Test, a visual perceptual test (VAT), and an auditory perceptual test (AAT) were compared. Partial correlations were calculated for AAT and achievement, controlling on VAT; and for VAT and achievement, controlling on AAT. Results indicated that AAT scores account for significantly more of the variance in the language arts subtest scores than do the VAT; the reverse was true in accounting for the variance in arithmetic scores. It is suggested that learning to read depends heavily upon auditory skills, and that primary arithmetic achievement depends heavily on visual-motor skills. Pedagogical implications of these data are discussed, in terms of choosing optimally effective instructional programs for primary grade children based upon the strengths and deficits of their perceptual skills.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sváb ◽  
F. Forgács ◽  
F. Hajdu ◽  
N. Kroó ◽  
J. Takács

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