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A multivariate version of Gini's rank association coefficient

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In this paper, we introduce a multivariate generalization of the population version of Gini's rank association coefficient, giving a response to this open question posed in [4]. We also study some properties of this version, present the corresponding results for the sample statistic, and provide several examples.

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  1. Department of Statistics, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, 71454, Shiraz, Iran

    Javad Behboodian & Ali Dolati

  2. Departamento de Estadística y Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120, Almería, Spain

    Manuel Úbeda-Flores

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Behboodian, J., Dolati, A. & Úbeda-Flores, M. A multivariate version of Gini's rank association coefficient. Statistical Papers 48, 295–304 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-006-0332-9

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