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Contents  Introduction Descriptive Hypothesis Tables Appendix

Example: Spearman Rho

Five college students' rankings in math and science courses.


Student
Alice
Jordan
Dexter
Betty
Corina
Math class rank
1
2
3
4
5
Philosophy class rank
5
3
1
4
2

Compute Spearman Rho

Math Rank
Science Rank
X-Y
(X-Y)2
X
Y
d
d2
1
5
-4
16
2
3
-1
1
3
1
2
4
4
4
0
0
5
2
3
9
   
30
 

Interpret Coefficient There is a moderate negative correlation between the math and philosophy course rankings of students. Students who rank high as compared to other students in their math course generally have lower philosophy course ranks and those with low math rankings have higher philosophy course rankings than those with high math rankings.