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On the Ranking Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Isadore Blumen
Isadore Blumen*
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Cornell University
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Abstract

Observed rankings of objects can be treated as arising from a time dependent probability process. Under such circumstances, associations observed are an indication of the character of this underlying process. In the particular example treated in some detail here, a quantity related to Kendall's tau is found to have an important role and its properties are examined.

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Psychometrika , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , March 1957 , pp. 17 - 27
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Copyright © 1957 The Psychometric Society

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