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Comparison of Values of Pearson's and Spearman's Correlation Coefficients on the Same Sets of Data

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 30 (2011): Issue 2 (June 2011)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10117-011-0021-1 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103 (formerly 0137-477X)
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Language: English
Page range: 87 - 93
Published on: Jun 24, 2011
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Pearson's correlation coefficient,
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient,
Kendall's tau,
regional indices of socio-economic development
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2011 Jan Hauke, Tomasz Kossowski, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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