Kendall rank correlation coefficient

noun

A measure of the ordinal association between two measured quantities.

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Meanings

nounKendall rank correlation coefficient (plural Kendall rank correlation coefficients)

plural Kendall rank correlation coefficients

  1. mathematicsA measure of the ordinal association between two measured quantities.

Origin

Named after Maurice Kendall, who developed it in 1938.

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