Kendall's tau rank correlation coefficient

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf statistical analysis
correlation coefficient
gptkbp:appliesTo continuous data
ordinal data
gptkbp:assumes monotonic relationship
gptkbp:category rank correlation
gptkbp:form τ = (number of concordant pairs - number of discordant pairs) / n(n-1)/2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kendall's tau rank correlation coefficient
gptkbp:interpretedBy strength and direction of association between two variables
gptkbp:introducedIn 1938
gptkbp:measures ordinal association between two measured quantities
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Maurice_Kendall
gptkbp:notAssume linear relationship
gptkbp:range -1 to 1
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pearson_correlation_coefficient
gptkb:Spearman's_rank_correlation_coefficient
gptkbp:robustTo outliers
gptkbp:symbol τ
gptkbp:usedIn data analysis
statistics
non-parametric statistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jonathan_Kendall
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7