Kendall's Tau (Noun)
Meaning
A nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The researcher used Kendall's tau to evaluate the correlation between the judges' rankings in the music competition.
- Kendall's tau is often preferred over Spearman's rho in cases where ties are common, as it can provide more accurate results.
- The study employed Kendall's tau to assess the consistency between the students' performance rankings by their teachers and by themselves.
- Kendall's tau values range from -1 to 1, with 1 indicating perfect agreement and -1 indicating perfect disagreement.
- The Kendall's tau coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between the preferred colors of parents and their children in a family survey.