Spearman's Footrule as a Measure of Disarray
Abstract
Spearman's rho and Kendall tau are related to two less widely used measures of association: Spearman's footrule and the minimum number of transitions. The means, variances, and limiting normality of all four metrics are derived.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 02, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA030697
Entities
People
- Persi Diaconis
- R. L. Graham
Organizations
- Stanford University