spearman's

Question 1

what is Spearman’s rank used for?

Answer 1

to work out if there is a correlation between two factors

Question 2

equation for Spearman’s

Answer 2

Question 3

value between 0 and 1

Answer 3

positive correlation

the closer to 1, the more stronger the positive correlation is

Question 4

value of 0

Answer 4

no correlation

the closer the value is to 0 the weaker the correlation is

Question 5

value between 0 and -1

Answer 5

negative correlation

the closer to -1, the more stronger the negative correlation

Question 6

null hypothesis in Spearmen’s

Answer 6

there is no correlation between factor x and y

Question 7

if critical value > spearman’s value

Answer 7

cannot reject null hypothesis

there is no significant difference between the two data sets

there is a high probability it was due to chance

Question 8

if critical value < spearman’s value

Answer 8

reject null hypothesis

there is a significant difference between the two data sets

there is a low probability that it was due to chance