The CROS algorithm for crossdating tree-ring series has proved useful. Because it uses Student's t to test correlations which are not independent between autocorrelated tree-ring series, it does not give a good measure of the relative significance of high correlations. It can be improved by transforming the correlation coefficients to normally distributed values, and giving a conservative estimate of the significance of the highest of these by a revised t, derived from its studentized deviation from the mean value. The improved algorithm should help any dendrochronologist who routinely dates oak timbers.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/261251 |
Date | January 1984 |
Creators | Munro, Martin A. R. |
Contributors | Palaeoecology Centre, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Publisher | Tree-Ring Society |
Source Sets | University of Arizona |
Language | en_US |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Article |
Rights | Copyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved. |
Relation | http://www.treeringsociety.org |
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