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Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient

The Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient is used to determine the degree of correlation between two variables measured on at least an ordinal scale. It calculates the rank of each data point for both variables, then determines the difference between the ranks to calculate rs, which ranges from -1 to 1, with values closer to 1 indicating a stronger positive correlation and closer to -1 indicating a stronger negative correlation. The example calculates the Spearman Coefficient between two sets of scores, finding a strong positive correlation of 0.81.

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Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient

The Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient is used to determine the degree of correlation between two variables measured on at least an ordinal scale. It calculates the rank of each data point for both variables, then determines the difference between the ranks to calculate rs, which ranges from -1 to 1, with values closer to 1 indicating a stronger positive correlation and closer to -1 indicating a stronger negative correlation. The example calculates the Spearman Coefficient between two sets of scores, finding a strong positive correlation of 0.81.

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Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient

The Spearman Coefficient determines the degree of


correlation two variables measured in at least an ordinal scale
The Spearman Correlation Coefficient rho (rs) is

6 ∑ (rx - ry)2
rs = 1 –
n (n2 – 1)

Where:
rs - rank order correlation coefficient
rx - rank of x
ry - rank of y
n - number of paired cases
Example
Scores in Scores in
English Filipino
2
x y rx ry (rx - ry) (rx - ry)
10 13 5.5 5 0.5 0.25
5 7 10 10 0 0
6 8 9 9 0 0
15 16 1 1 0 0
12 14 4 4 0 0
7 9 8 8 0 0
8 15 7 2.5 4.5 20.25
10 11 5.5 7 -1.5 2.25
14 15 2 2.5 -0.5 0.25
13 12 3 6 -3 9
32
rs = 1 – 6 (32)
10 (102 – 1)

= 1– 192
10 (99)

192
= 1–
990
= 1 – .19

rs = .81

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