Rank-Biserial Correlation
- 1 September 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 21 (3) , 287-290
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02289138
Abstract
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.Keywords
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