You have a dataset with many tied ranks. Which correlation coefficient would you prefer to use, and why?
- Covariance
- Kendall's Tau
- Pearson's correlation coefficient
- Spearman's correlation coefficient
For a dataset with many tied ranks, Kendall's Tau is a better choice. Kendall's Tau handles tied ranks better than the Spearman's correlation coefficient.
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