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Kendall’s W

Kendall’s W Kendall’s W is a statistic used to show how strongly different groups or raters agree in the way they rank a set of items.

Kendall’s W is a statistic used to show how strongly different groups or raters agree in the way they rank a set of items. Higher values indicate stronger rank-order agreement.

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Drafting source: Kleppe Maranda; McCarey Jacob; Kedilaya Sujatha; Vining Robert. Assessing the importance and feasibility of quality measures for chiropractic care: a national survey of U.S. chiropractors. 2026; DOI 10.1186/s12998-026-00635-1; article XML SHA-256 6aa814dc06cecdb4af37d4b5c2314ed3ae7e3afccdf8ddadbdea583f75781185. “Assessing the importance and feasibility of quality measures for chiropractic care: a national survey of U.S. chiropractors” (10.1186/s12998-026-00635-1).
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