Geography A-Level
Spearman’s rank correlation
What Spearman’s rank correlation means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Spearman’s rank correlation
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Measures the strength and direction of a monotonic association between paired ranked observations, entered with n, the number of valid pairs, to select the critical value.
Topics that use Spearman’s rank correlation
- Statistical skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Chi-square test
- Hypothesis testing
- Inter-quartile range
- Median
- Standard deviation
- Statistical significance
- Mean
- Measures of central tendency
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