Spearman's footrule as a measure of agreement

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 839-846

  Berry, Kenneth J ^a   Mielke Jr , Paul W ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346158770     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3.839     Document Type: Article

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