The Spearman Rank Order

Correlation Coefficient
 A. WHO DISCOVER?
•In  statistics, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient or Spearman's
rho, named after Charles Spearman and often denoted by the
Greek letter p(rho) or as is a nonparametric measure of rank
correlation (statistical dependence between the rankings of two
variables). It assesses how well the relationship between two
variables can be described using a monotonic function.
 B.When we will use?
In a monotonic relationship, the variables tend to change
together, but not necessarily at a constant rate. The Spearman
correlation coefficient is based on the ranked values for each
variable rather than the raw data. Spearman correlation is often
used to evaluate relationships involving ordinal variables.
 The Spearman is also Pearson r formula to
rank-ordered data

– The Spearman rank order correlation coefficient, is used to examine the nature of
association found between two ordinally scaled variables.

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It is symbolized rs (occasionally p, or “rho”).
 Difference

– The Pearson r is ideal for

measuring associations that are r
– The Spearman s, when the
linear (e.g., as X increases in value, relationship is not linear.
a corresponding increase in Y
occurs)
 Table 14.8 Calculating Spearman rs Using Ordinal Data

d=(–)
Actors Judge 1’s
Ranking
Judge 2’s
Ranking D²
MARIAN 1 3 -2 4
MARIAN
EYSI 1
2 3
1 -2
1 4
1
EYSI
KRIZZIA 2
3 1
2 1
1 1
1
KRIZZIA
MAEZELLE 3
4 2
5 1
-1 1
1
MAEZELLE
JAMES 4
5 5
4 -1
1 1
JAMES
MYKHEE 5
6 4
7 1
-1 1
MYKHEE
GERMAINE 6
7 7
8 -1 1
GERMAINE
ANDREI 7
8 8
6 -1
2 1
4
ANDREI 8 6 2 4
∑ 36 36 ∑D = 0 ∑D² =14
∑ 36 36 ∑D = 0 ∑D² =14
STEP 1: formulate the null and alternative hypothesis

•There
  is a significant relationship between the percentage of
score of the two judges for the actors.
: There is no significant relationship between the percentage of
score of the two judges for the actors.
 STEP 2: Set the desires level of significance
Alpha= 0.01
Step 3: Determine the appropriate test statistic to be use

SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

 Formula for Spearman rs:
•  
 Step 4: Computation
•  
Step 5: Tabular Value
•  
df= (n-2)
Df= (8-2)
df= 6

1.000
STEP 6: Decision rule
Since the 𝜌 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 value is greater than the 𝜌 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 reject the null
hypothesis
 Step 7: Conclusion
Since the computed value of 0.83 is greater than the tabular
value of 1.000, accept the null hypothesis and reject the
alternative hypothesis. Regardless of sign at 0.01 level of
significance. The research confirms that there is a significant
relationship between the percentage of score of the two judges
for the actors.