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paired data, 275, 332

pairwise deletion, 26

parameters for fitted density curves, 217, 218, 226 “229

partial correlations , 18

probability values, 21

Pearson chi-square test, 103, 105

Pearson correlation coefficient, 108, 113

Pearson correlation statistics, 3

example, 34

in output data set, 8

Pearson partial correlation, 3, 13

Pearsonproduct-momentcorrelation, 3, 8, 14, 34

Pearson weighted product-moment correlation, 3, 13

probability values, 16

suppressing, 8

percentiles

axes, quantile plots, 263, 305

calculating, 273

confidence limits for, 274, 328

defining, 207, 273

empirical distribution function, 273

options, 239, 240

probability plots and, 241

quantile plots and, 253

saving to an output data set, 325

visual estimates, probability plots, 305

visual estimates, quantile plots, 305

weighted, 273

weighted average, 273

phi coefficient, 103, 108

plot statements, UNIVARIATE procedure, 195

plots

box plots, 206, 207, 282, 283

comparative , 210 “212, 284

comparative histograms, 224, 226, 249, 334, 337, 345

comparative probability plots, 250

comparative quantile plots, 262, 263

line printer plots, 281

normal probability plots, 207, 282

probability plots, 241, 300

quantile plots, 253, 300

size of, 207

stem-and-leaf , 207, 282

suppressing, 226

polychoric correlation coefficient, 94, 108, 116

probability plots, 241

annotating, 245

appearance, 246 “250, 252

axis color , 246

beta distribution, 245, 301

comparative, 249, 250

distribution reference lines, 251

distributions for, 300

exponential distribution, 247, 301

frame, color, 246

gamma distribution, 247, 301

location parameters, estimation of, 304

lognormal distribution, 249, 302, 360, 363

normal distribution, 241, 250, 302

options summarized by function, 243

overview, 241

parameters for distributions, 243, 245, 246, 249 “253

percentile axis, 250

percentiles, estimates of, 305

reference lines, 247, 248

reference lines, options, 246, 248 “250, 252

scale parameters, estimation of, 304

shape parameters, 251, 303

three-parameter Weibull distribution, 302

threshold parameter, 252

threshold parameters, estimation of, 304

tick marks on horizontal axis, 248

tiles for comparative plots, 248

two-parameter Weibull distribution, 303

Weibull distribution, 253

prospective study, 174