This paper provides a critical evaluation of the procedure that Naroll
has suggested for using partial correlation to control for the effects of
diffusion on estimates of functional relationships. An examination of par
tial correlation and Naroll's formula shows that they are not consistent.
Hypothetical data are used to demonstrate that Naroll's formula does not
provide good estimates of the true functional relationships.
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