Kendallknight: An R package for efficient implementation of Kendall’s correlation coefficient computation

Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0326090

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Kendallknight: An R package for efficient implementation of Kendall’s correlation coefficient computation

Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: m.sepulveda@mail.utoronto.ca

Affiliations Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1017-7574

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Kendallknight: An R package for efficient implementation of Kendall’s correlation coefficient computation

Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda

Published: June 18, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326090

About the Authors

Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: m.sepulveda@mail.utoronto.ca

Affiliations Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1017-7574

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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