# Consistency of the Maximal Information Coefficient Estimator

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03836 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2107.03836/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 3 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 8 Jul 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Measuring dependence powerfully and equitably](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1505.02213/) (2015)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Differentially Private Maximal Information Coefficients](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.10685/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The Maximal Information Coefficient (MIC) of Reshef et al. (Science, 2011) is a statistic for measuring dependence between variable pairs in large datasets. In this note, we prove that MIC is a consistent estimator of the corresponding population statistic MIC_*. This corrects an error in an argument of Reshef et al. (JMLR, 2016), which we describe.