Citation

Cox DR. Biometrika 1966; 53(3-4): 623-626.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1966, Biometrika Trust, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/biomet/53.3-4.623

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The null sampling distribution of the first serial correlation coefficient for random samples from populations of various shepes has been investigated by experimental sampling. The sampling distribution is very stable under changes of population shape and the asymptotic normal form of the sampling distribution is a rsesonable approximation even in samples as small as 10-20. One effect of a long tail in the population is to decrease the sampling variance.