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Two graphical methods are proposed for identifying bivariate observations that may unduly influence the sample correlation coefficient. Secondly, robust estimators of correlation are developed and a Monte Carlo comparative study is made of these and other well-known estimators. Also considered are methods for developing positive-definite estimates of correlation matrices and extensions of robustness to other problems such as regression are mentioned.
Devlin et al. (1975) studied this question.