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Kendall partial rank correlation

Kendall partial rank correlation

9.9
A method to measure the relationship between two ranked variables while keeping other variables the same
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : correlación parcial de Kendall
  • A statistician applied the Kendall partial rank correlation to examine the strength of association between two variables while controlling for a third variable.

Examples

  • Researchers used the Kendall partial rank correlation to control for confounding variables in analyzing the data.

  • The Kendall partial rank correlation method is useful when data do not meet the assumptions of parametric tests.

  • A statistician applied the Kendall partial rank correlation to examine relationships among non-normally distributed variables.

  • The Kendall partial rank correlation is useful in nonparametric statistics.

  • Researchers often use Kendall partial rank correlations to analyze data.

  • Researchers used the Kendall partial rank correlation to effectively manage confounding factors in their statistical analysis.

  • The Kendall partial rank correlation method is particularly valuable in research involving nonparametric data sets.

Synonyms

partial correlation
vsKendall partial rank correlation
  • Specialized
7.7

How two things are related after removing the effect of a third thing

is a nonparametric rank based method using order instead of raw values

Surface Forms

Kendall partial rank correlation singular
Kendall partial rank correlations plural

Morphology

Kendall + partial + rank + correlation

The core phrase 'partial rank correlation' is compositionally interpretable: 'partial' suggests controlling for other variables, 'rank' indicates ordering-based data, and 'correlation' denotes an association, so a B1 learner who knows those words could infer a measure of association for ranked data that controls for something. However, the addition of 'Kendall' names a specific nonparametric statistic and the exact technical meaning and calculation are domain-specific, so the expression is not fully predictable to a general B1 learner.

Etymology

Kendall partial rank correlation is named after a statistician called Kendall and joins rank (sorting items by order) with partial (taking away the effect of other things). So picture sorting two lists, taking away outside effects, and then seeing how the remaining ranks move together; that's why it means 'to measure the link between two variables while controlling for other variables'.