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The Average Spearman Rank Criterion Correlation when Ties are Present

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Edward E. Cureton*
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee

Abstract

This note presents the average Spearman rank correlation between m independent rankings and an untied criterion ranking, corrected for ties in any or all of the independent rankings.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1958 The Psychometric Society

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