Spearman's rank Flashcards

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What is the Spearman’s rank equation?

A
  • R = 1 - 6 x Ʃ d^2
    ————-
    n^3 - n
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When would you use Spearman’s rank?

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  • When you have two variables and you want to see whether they correlate
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What does r mean?

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  • calculated value (rank)
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What does Ʃ mean?

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  • sum of
  • add up all of d^2
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What does d mean?

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  • Difference between ranks
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What does n mean?

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  • sample size
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