Kendall tau distance

This paper analyzes the performances of Spearman's rho (SR) and Kendall's tau (KT) with respect to samples drawn from bivariate… Expand

Spearman's footrule and Kendall's tau are two well established distances between rankings. They, however, fail to take into… Expand

It has long been known that for many joint distributions exhibiting weak dependence, the sample value of Spearman's rho is about… Expand

This article considers the automatic evaluation of information ordering, a task underlying many text-based applications such as… Expand

The computer represents a new resource in developing social capital that previously did not exist among migrants. The… Expand

Each chapter follows the same general format. A short introduction sets the stage, followed by methods involving binary or… Expand

The concept of possible selves is introduced to complement current conceptions of self-knowledge. Possible selves represent… Expand

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LetZ1, ?, Znbe a random sample of sizen?2 from ad-variate continuous distribution functionH, and letVi, nstand for the proportion… Expand

Abstract The least squares estimator of a regression coefficient β is vulnerable to gross errors and the associated confidence… Expand