A NEW APPLICATION OF THE CONCORDANCE COEFFICIENT IN STATISTICAL RESEARCH
The article represents a new application of Kendal and Smith’s concordance to assess the degree of multiple correlation sequences of chain annual growth rates of the main effectiveness indicators in the Russian society. The authors illustrate a meaningful interpretation of the specifics of rank chain growth rates and a choice of “a standard of rank sequences”, and determine the method to select rank sequences of changes in growth rates of performance indicators into their group similarity (closeness) in terms of rank fluctuations.
Keywords: concordance coefficient, performance indicators, growth rates, similarity of rank sequences.
Vladimir A. Prokofiev Vladimir, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Saratov; Maria V. Golovko, a senior lecturer. - Saratov Socio-Economic Institute.