Goodman and Kruskal's gamma

noun

A particular measure of rank correlation, i.e., the similarity of the orderings of the data when ranked by each of the quantities.

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Meanings

nounGoodman and Kruskal's gamma (plural Goodman and Kruskal's gammas)

plural Goodman and Kruskal's gammas

  1. mathematicsA particular measure of rank correlation, i.e., the similarity of the orderings of the data when ranked by each of the quantities.

Origin

Named after Leo Goodman and William Kruskal, who proposed it in a series of papers from 1954 to 1972.

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