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The Nonsense Dependence Index: A Rank-Based Diagnostic for Identifying Potentially Spurious Associations

2026-06-29

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>The detection of statistical dependence constitutes a fundamental problem in mod- ern data analysis. Classical measures such as Pearson’s correlation coeffcient, Kendall’s τ, Spearman’s rho, and more recent dependence measures including Bergsma–Dassios’ τ∗ are designed to identify departures from independence. However, in the presence of common trends, temporal effects, latent factors,...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10159420/v1

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