rank-order correlation

Questions about rank-order correlation

What is another word for rank-order correlation?

It depends which rank-order correlation you mean. In the sense “the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables”, the synonyms are rank-order correlation coefficient, rank-difference correlation coefficient, rank-difference correlation. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of rank-order correlation?

WordNet records no antonym for rank-order correlation. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for rank-order correlation come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for rank-order correlationAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for rank-order correlationWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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