Correlation, Spearman
Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient (ρ or rs) is a statistical measure of the strength of a relationship between two variables. Spearman’s correlation is a nonparametric variation of Pearson’s product-moment correlation, used most commonly for a relatively short series of measurements that do not follow a normal distribution pattern. Like other correlation coefficients, Spearman’s rank correlation describes a mathematic co-varying relationship between two datasets.
Spearman’s rank-order correlation is calculated from the equation:
ρ = 1–6d,2n(n2–1)
where di describes the difference between variable rankings and n is the number of cases.
Any statistical correlation coefficient is described using integers ranging from −1 to 1; with −1 indicating a perfect negative relationship (for every increase of 1 unit of variable X, there will ...
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