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When is the point-biserial correlation coefficient used?
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The point-biserial correlation coefficient is used when you need to measure the association between two variables that have different measurement scales: one variable is measured on an interval or ratio scale (continuous data), while the second variable is dichotomous, meaning it has only two possible outcomes.1