[R] Ranking correlation with R

[Jim Lemon]

On 04/10/2010 01:22 AM, David Nemer wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> Im fresh new in R, and Im supposed to write a code to give me a correlation
> between two rankings. So I have two ranking lists, which contain file names,
> e.g.:
>
> Ranking list 1:
> file1.java
> file3.java
> file2.java
>
> Ranking list 2:
> fiile2.java
> file4.java
> file1.java
>
> I need to see how much are these two ranking lists are alike, get a
> correlation between them. I dont even know where to start. Can anyone bring
> me some light or tips? Thank you in advance.
>
Hi David,
Are you sure you don't want the concordance between the rankings? If so, 
look at the irr package for some concordance functions. The example 
shows pretty much no concordance.

Jim