An algorithm and associated FORTRAN program are provided for six common measures of ordinal association: Kendall's τa and τb, Stuart's τc, Goodman and Kruskal's γ, and Somers' dyx and dxy. Program ROMA reports the observed data table, the values for the six test statistics, and the resampling upper- and lower-tail probability values associated with each test statistic.
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