lcor {lancor}

Lancaster correlation

Description

Computes the Lancaster correlation coefficient.

Usage

lcor(x, y = NULL, type = c("rank", "linear"))

Arguments

x

a numeric vector, or a matrix or data frame with two columns.

y

NULL (default) or a vector with same length as x.

type

a character string indicating which lancaster correlation is to be computed. One of "rank" (default), or "linear": can be abbreviated.

Value

⁠lcor⁠ returns the sample Lancaster correlation.

Author(s)

Hajo Holzmann, Bernhard Klar

References

Holzmann, Klar (2024) Lancester correlation - a new dependence measure linked to maximum correlation. arXiv:2303.17872

See Also

lcor.comp, lcor.ci, lcor.test

Examples

Sigma <- matrix(c(1,0.1,0.1,1), ncol=2)
R <- chol(Sigma)
n <- 1000
x <- matrix(rnorm(n*2), n) 
lcor(x, type = "rank")
lcor(x, type = "linear")

x <- matrix(rnorm(n*2), n)
nu <- 2
y <- x / sqrt(rchisq(n, nu)/nu)
cor(y[,1], y[,2], method = "spearman")
lcor(y, type = "rank")