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Recurrence formulae for the density function and the probability integral of the multiple correlation coefficient from a normal sample are obtained. When the number of independent variates is odd ...

Almost every day you can find in media commentary that XYZ is causing stocks to fall (or rise). Such definitive statements are common—but what’s almost always missing is statistical proof. And if you ...