If each of k predictor variables is correlated with a criterion variable, the use of multiple t tests to assess pairwise differences between r's will compound Type I error. This note describes an overall F test for determining the significance of differences between r2's which provides an error term for use in conventional ANOVA follow-up procedures.
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