psychometric (version 2.4)

r2z: Fisher r to z'

Description

Converts a Pearson correlation coefficient to Fishers z'

Usage

r2z(x)

Value

Fisher z'

Arguments

x

Pearson correlation coefficient

Author

Thomas D. Fletcher

Details

z' = .5 * log((1+r)/(1-r))

References

Cohen, J., Cohen, P., West, S. G., & Aiken, L. S. (2003). Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

See Also

z2r, CIr,

Examples

# From ch. 2 in Cohen et al (2003)
r2z(.657)