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# scipy.stats.mstats.pointbiserialr

`scipy.stats.mstats.``pointbiserialr`(x, y)

  Calculates a point biserial correlation coefficient and its p-value.

  Parameters: | x : array_like of bools Input array. y : array_like Input array.
  Returns: | correlation : float R value pvalue : float 2-tailed p-value

  Notes

  Missing values are considered pair-wise: if a value is missing in x, the corresponding value in y is masked.

  For more details on `pointbiserialr`, see stats.pointbiserialr.