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Generalized Concordance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Lawrence J. Hubert
Lawrence J. Hubert*
Affiliation:
The University of California, Santa Barbara
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Lawrence Hubert, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106.
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Abstract

Based on a simple nonparametric procedure for comparing two proximity matrices, a measure of concordance is introduced that is appropriate when K independent proximity matrices are available. In addition to the development of a general concept of concordance and specific techniques for its evaluation within and between the subsets of a partition of the K matrices, several methods are also suggested for comparing and/or for fitting a particular structure to the given data. Finally, brief indications are provided as to how the well-known notion of concordance for K rank orders can be included within the more general framework.

Keywords

nonparametric statisticspermutation testsconcordance
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 135 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

Partial support for this research was supplied by the National Science Foundation through SOC-77-28227.

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