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    Large sample estimators for standard errors of functions of correlation coefficients
    (1980) Bobko, Philip; Rieck, Angela
    Standard errors of estimators that are functions of correlation coefficients are shown to be quite different in magnitude than standard errors of the initial correlations. A general large-sample methodology, based upon Taylor series expansions and asymptotic correlational results, is developed for the computation of such standard errors. Three exemplary analyses are conducted on a correction for attenuation, a correction for range restriction, and an indirect effect in path analysis. Derived formulae are consistent with several previously proposed estimators and provide excellent approximations to the standard errors obtained in computer simulations, even for moderate sample size (n = 100). It is shown that functions of correlations can be considerably more variable than product-moment correlations. Additionally, appropriate hypothesis tests are derived for these corrected coefficients and the indirect effect. It is shown that in the range restriction situation, the appropriate hypothesis test based on the corrected coefficient is asymptotically more powerful than the test utilizing the uncorrected coefficient. Bias is also discussed as a by-product of the methodology.