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Bounds of association coefficients for binary variables are derived using the arithmetic-geometric-harmonic mean inequality. More precisely, it is shown which presence/absence coefficients are bounds with respect to each other. Using the new bounds it is investigated whether a coefficient is in general closer to either its upper or its lower bound.
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Warrens, M.J. Bounds of Resemblance Measures for Binary (Presence/Absence) Variables. J Classif 25, 195–208 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00357-008-9024-6
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