On Correlations, Distances and Error Rates
- Author(s):
- Dorans, Neil J.
- Publication Year:
- 1985
- Report Number:
- RR-85-32
- Source:
- ETS Research Report
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 31
- Subject/Key Words:
- Classification, Error of Measurement, Probability, Statistical Analysis
Abstract
A unified framework for classification and prediction problems is presented. Well known and lesser known relationships among correlations, distances and error rates are established. A new population distance, the shrunken generalized distance, and a new estimator of the actual error rate are introduced. (31pp.)
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