SPEARMANS FOOTRULE AS A MEASURE OF AGREEMENT

Authors
BERRY KJ MIELKE PW
Citation
Kj. Berry et Pw. Mielke, SPEARMANS FOOTRULE AS A MEASURE OF AGREEMENT, Psychological reports, 80(3), 1997, pp. 839-846
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
839 - 846
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)80:3<839:SFAAMO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Spearman's footrule measure of the relationship between two sets of ra nks is shown to be a chance-corrected measure of agreement. The foot r ule is generalized to include tied ranks and a comparison with Spearma n's rank-order correlation coefficient is provided. Procedures to dete rmine the nonasymptotic probability of the footrule with tied ranks ar e presented.