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coefficient of concordance

coefficient of concordance

9.3
A number that shows how much people agree about the order of items
  • noun
  • /koʊˈɛfɪʃənt əv kənˈkɔrdəns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : coeficiente de concordancia
  • Agreement was established through the application of Kendall's coefficient of concordance.
  • Kendall's coefficient of concordance

Examples

  • The researchers calculated the coefficient of concordance to analyze the agreement between the two ranking systems.

  • By applying the coefficient of concordance, we can determine how consistently the items were ranked by participants.

  • Using the coefficient of concordance, they found a strong correlation in the preferences of the test subjects.

Surface Forms

coefficient of concordance singular
coefficients of concordance plural

Morphology

coefficient + of + concordance

The expression literally combines 'coefficient' (a numerical measure) with 'concordance' (agreement), linked by 'of' to indicate a measure of agreement; thus the meaning is directly derivable from its parts. This noun-of-noun measurement pattern is common across languages and in English technical vocabulary, so a learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Coefficient of concordance combines two ideas: coefficient means a single number and concordance means 'agreement' or 'harmony'. For example, imagine several judges trying to sing the same note — the coefficient is the one number that shows how much their voices match, so it now means a number that shows how much different rankings agree.