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Kendall's tau

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Noun1.Kendall's tau - a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings
Kendall rank correlation, tau coefficient of correlation
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Kendall test - any of several nonparametric measures of correlation (used when the assumptions of standard correlational analysis are not met)
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To determine the magnitude of differences between the two groups, effect sizes were calculated using Kendall's Tau Coefficient, a nonparametric equivalent to the Spearman rho rank-order correlation coefficient.
The effects of mentoring/induction support on beginning teachers' ... by Davis, Barbara; Higdon, Kimberly / Journal of Research in Childhood Education
Because of the non-normal distribution of measured parameters, the authors performed non-parametric statistics, Kendall's tau, the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) (National Resource Conservation Service, 2002), and a multiple-comparison procedure of the Kruskal-Wallis test (Cabilio & Masaro, 2001) with SPSS 12 and Excel 2003.
Performance of aerobic treatment units: monitoring results from the ... by Brookman, William / Journal of Environmental Health
s]) or Kendall's tau to assess univariate associations (p [less than or equal to] 0.
Cadmium-induced effects on bone in a population-based study of women by Vahter, Marie / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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