Coefficient of colligation

In statistics, Yule's Y, also known as the coefficient of colligation, is a measure of association between two binary variables. The measure was developed by George Udny Yule in 1912,[1][2] and should not be confused with Yule's coefficient for measuring skewness based on quartiles.

Formula

For a 2×2 table for binary variables U and V with frequencies or proportions

V = 0V = 1
U = 0ab
U = 1cd

Yule's Y is given by

Yule's Y is closely related to the odds ratio OR = ad/(bc) as is seen in following formula:

Yule's Y varies from −1 to +1. −1 reflects total negative correlation, +1 reflects perfect positive association while 0 reflects no association at all. These correspond to the values for the more common Pearson correlation.

Yule's Y is also related to the similar Yule's Q, which can also be expressed in terms of the odds ratio. Q and Y are related by:

Interpretation

Yule's Y gives the fraction of perfect association in per unum (multiplied by 100 it represents this fraction in a more familiar percentage). Indeed, the formula transforms the original 2×2 table in a crosswise symmetric table wherein b = c = 1 and a = d = √OR.

For a crosswise symmetric table with frequencies or proportions a = d and b = c it is very easy to see that it can be split up in two tables. In such tables association can be measured in a perfect clear way by dividing (a – b) by (a + b). In transformed tables b has to be substituted by 1 and a by √OR. The transformed table has the same degree of association (the same OR) as the original not crosswise symmetric table. So the association in not symmetric tables can as well be measured by Yule's Y interpreting Yule's Y in the same way as it can be interpreted for symmetric tables. Of course Yule's Y and (a − b)/(a + b) gives the same result in crosswise symmetric tables. So Yule's measures association as a fraction for the two kinds of tables.

Yule's Y measures association in a substantial, intuitively understandable way and therefore it is the measure of preference to measure association.

Examples

The following crosswise symmetric table

V = 0V = 1
U = 04010
U = 11040

can be split up into two tables:

V = 0V = 1
U = 01010
U = 11010

and

V = 0V = 1
U = 0300
U = 1030

It is obvious that the degree of association equals 0.6 per unum (60%).

The following asymmetric table can be transformed in a table with an equal degree of association (the odds ratios of both tables are equal).

V = 0V = 1
U = 031
U = 139

Here follows the transformed table:

V = 0V = 1
U = 031
U = 113

The odds ratios of both tables are equal to 9. Y = (3 − 1)/(3 + 1) = 0.5 (50%)

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References
  1. Yule, G. Udny (1912). "On the Methods of Measuring Association Between Two Attributes" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 75 (6): 579–652. doi:10.2307/2340126. JSTOR 2340126.
  2. Michel G. Soete. A new theory on the measurement of association between two binary variables in medical sciences: association can be expressed in a fraction (per unum, percentage, pro mille....) of perfect association (2013), e-article, BoekBoek.be
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