Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient/Examples
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Examples of Use of Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
Examination Results
Let $S$ be a class of students.
Let $\sequence {x_i}$ and $\sequence {y_i}$ be rankings of $S$ based on the examination results in French and Mathematics respectively.
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient may be appropriate to determine the correlation between $\sequence {x_i}$ and $\sequence {y_i}$.