A new method for approximating the asymptotic variance of Spearman's rank correlation

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 535-558

  Borkowf, Craig B ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Empirical bivariate quantile partitioned (EBQP) distribution; Epidemiology; Nonparametric; Quantile correlation; Spearman's rank correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033426055     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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