The correlation coefficient and problems of inference in recreation research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11216487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James E Christensen (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 291-303 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leisure Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0400 • E-ISSN: 1521-0588 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01490407909512921 |
| OpenAlex | W2025328025 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Correlation analysis frequently has been used for the investigation of leisure research questions. This paper illustrates the problem of “unequal weighting of cases” which is present in the use of correlation analysis. It further illustrates how this problem can mislead researchers when they make substantive inferences about leisure
Correlation · Correlation coefficient · Econometrics · Inference · Political science · Recreation · Statistics · Weighting · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Customer Service Quality and Loyalty · Mathematics · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Exploratory data analysis
Descriptive distortions in covariance based statistics
Social and Attitudinal Variants In High and Low Use of Outdoor Recreational Facilities
Leisure Research, Present and Future
User Response in Outdoor Recreation
Comparison of a Time Diary and Recall Questionnaire for Surveying Leisure Activities
Public and Professional Definitions of the State Park
Statistical and Substantive Implications of the Use of Stepwise Regression to Order Predictors of Leisure Behavior
Spurious Correlation in Estimating Recreation Demand Functions
Analysis of Ratio Variables
Sociology of Leisure
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |