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Tables of the Distribution of Spearman's Footrule
Author(s) -
Ury Hans K.,
Kleinecke David C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2347198
Subject(s) - statistics , mathematics , spearman's rank correlation coefficient
S ummary Spearman's footrule D is the sum of the absolute values of the difference between the ranks in two rankings of n objects. For the case of equally likely permutations, tables of the exact distribution of D are given for 2 ≤ n ≤ 10 and approximate results are given for 11 ≤ n ≤ 15. The normal approximation should be adequate for larger n . Exact expressions for some cumulative lower tail frequencies of D are given for general n .