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THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPEARMAN'S COEFFICIENT OF RANK CORRELATION IN A UNIVERSE IN WHICH ALL RANKINGS OCCUR AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TIMES: PART I. THEORETICAL DETERMINATION OF THE SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF SPEARMAN'S COEFFICIENT OF RANK CORRELATION M. G. KENDALL, M. G. KENDALL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar SHEILA F. H. KENDALL, SHEILA F. H. KENDALL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar B. BABINGTON SMITH B. BABINGTON SMITH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Biometrika, Volume 30, Issue 3-4, January 1939, Pages 251–273, https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/30.3-4.251 Published: 01 January 1939
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