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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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02) * BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy; UK, United Kingdom; EU, European Union; CI, confidence interval; r (s) Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
To describe the relationships between knowledge, health belief, risk perceptions, and self-efficacy, or confidence in the ability to perform tasks, Spearman rank correlation coefficients were used with an alpha level of .
The Spearman rank correlation coefficient is a nonparametric analog of the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and is used for ordinal data.
 
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