rank-order correlation coefficient

Questions about rank-order correlation coefficient

What is another word for rank-order correlation coefficient?

It depends which rank-order correlation coefficient 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, 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 coefficient?

WordNet records no antonym for rank-order correlation coefficient. 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 coefficient 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 correlation coefficientAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
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