Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient

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correlation coefficient measure of statistical dependence nonparametric statistic rank correlation coefficient

The Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient is a nonparametric statistical measure that assesses the strength and direction of a monotonic relationship between two ranked variables.

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instanceOf	correlation coefficient ⓘ measure of statistical dependence ⓘ nonparametric statistic ⓘ rank correlation coefficient ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Spearman rank correlation NERFINISHED ⓘ Spearman’s rho NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	ranked variables ⓘ two variables ⓘ
assumes	monotonic relationship ⓘ
basedOn	ranks of data ⓘ
calculatedFrom	differences between paired ranks ⓘ
category	descriptive statistics ⓘ inferential statistics ⓘ
comparedWith	Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataType	continuous data converted to ranks ⓘ ordinal data ⓘ
doesNotAssume	linear relationship ⓘ normal distribution of variables ⓘ
domain	nonparametric statistics ⓘ statistics ⓘ
handles	ties in ranks with tie-correction procedures ⓘ
introducedBy	Charles Spearman NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInYear	1904 ⓘ
isNonparametricVersionOf	Pearson correlation coefficient NERFINISHED ⓘ
measures	direction of monotonic relationship ⓘ strength of monotonic relationship ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles Spearman NERFINISHED ⓘ
rangeEndpoint	-1 indicates perfect negative monotonic association ⓘ 0 indicates no monotonic association ⓘ 1 indicates perfect positive monotonic association ⓘ
relatedConcept	Kendall rank correlation coefficient NERFINISHED ⓘ monotonic function ⓘ ordinal correlation ⓘ
requires	paired observations ⓘ
robustTo	outliers in raw data ⓘ
symbol	rs ⓘ ρs ⓘ
usedFor	assessing monotonic association ⓘ correlation analysis with non-normal data ⓘ correlation analysis with ordinal data ⓘ measuring rank correlation ⓘ testing statistical independence ⓘ
usedIn	biostatistics ⓘ econometrics ⓘ machine learning feature analysis ⓘ psychometrics NERFINISHED ⓘ social sciences ⓘ
usedWith	Spearman rank correlation test NERFINISHED ⓘ
valueRange	-1 to 1 ⓘ

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