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Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
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Spearman's rank correlation coefficient [¦spir·mənz ¦raŋk ‚kär·ə′lā·shən ‚kō·ə‚fish·ənt]
(statistics)
A statistic used as a measure of correlation in nonparametric statistics when the data are in ordinal form; a product moment correlation coefficient. Also known as Spearman's rho.


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The Spearman correlation coefficient by rank was used to examine the correlation between the MTH and MAS ratings.
Spearman correlation tests were used to quantify the relationship between the burrow density of small mammals on open pastures and the surface of fenced pastures in settlements in which the fenced areas were all measured, controlling for the landscape factor.
Despite these differences, their concentrations were strongly correlated, with Spearman correlation coefficients > 0.
 
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