HyperDic: tau_coefficient_of_correlation

English > 1 sense of the expression tau coefficient of correlation:
NOUNcognitiontau coefficient of correlation, Kendall's tau, Kendall rank correlationa nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings
English > tau coefficient of correlation: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings.
SynonymsKendall's tau, Kendall rank correlation
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
BroaderKendall testAny of several nonparametric measures of correlation (used when the assumptions of standard correlational analysis are not met)

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