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A WEIGHTED RANK MEASURE OF CORRELATION

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 2005
SummarySpearman's rank correlation coefficient is not entirely suitable for measuring the correlation between two rankings in some applications because it treats all ranks equally. In 2000, Blest proposed an alternative measure of correlation that gives more importance to higher ranks but has some drawbacks.
CARLOS Soares
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Rank-Biserial Correlation

Psychometrika, 1956
A formula is developed for the correlation between a ranking (possibly including ties) and a dichotomy, with limits which are always ±1. This formula is shown to be equivalent both to Kendall's τ and Spearman's ρ.
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On blest's measure of rank correlation

Canadian Journal of Statistics, 2003
AbstractBlest (2000) proposed a new nonparametric measure of correlation between two random variables. His coefficient, which is dissymmetric in its arguments, emphasizes discrepancies observed among the first ranks in the orderings induced by the variables.
Genest, Christian   +1 more
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A New Measure of Rank Correlation

Biometrika, 1938
1. In psychological work the problem of comparing two different rankings of the same set of individuals may be divided into two types. In the first type the individuals have a given order A which is objectively defined with reference to some quality, and a characteristic question is: if an observer ranks the individuals in an order B, does a comparison
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