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Spearman’s Rank-Order Correlation
For Independence Questions
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Welcome to the Spearman’s Rho Test of Independence Learning Module
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• Spearman’s “Rho’ is a non-parametric analogue to the Pearson Product Moment Correlation.• roduct Moment Correlation).
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• Spearman’s “Rho’ is a non-parametric analogue to the Pearson Product Moment Correlation.• Spearman’s Rho is designed to estimate the
coherence or lack of coherence of two variables (as in the Pearson Product Moment Correlation).
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• Spearman’s “Rho’ is a non-parametric analogue to the Pearson Product Moment Correlation. • Spearman’s Rho is designed to estimate the
coherence or lack of coherence of two variables (as in the Pearson Product Moment Correlation).• It is calculated based on the rank-ordered (ordinal)
data rather than the means and standard deviation used in the Pearson Product Moment Correlation.
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• Here is an illustration of the difference between a Pearson Correlation and a Spearman’s Rho
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• Here is an illustration of the difference between a Pearson Correlation and a Spearman’s Rho• Are race times of athletes who participated in both
biking and running competitions independent of one another? (This is a Pearson Correlation question because we are dealing with continuous variables)
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• Here is an illustration of the difference between a Pearson Correlation and a Spearman’s Rho• Are race times of athletes who participated in both
biking and running competitions independent of one another? (This is a Pearson Correlation question because we are dealing with continuous variables)
Individuals Biking Eventrace times
Running Eventrace times
Bob 4.5 hours 4.0 hoursConrad 7.0 hours 2.5 hoursDallen 5.2 hours 2.8 hoursErnie 6.0 hours 2.9 hoursFen 6.3 hours 3.3 hoursGaston 5.1 hours 2.3 hours
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• Here is an illustration of the difference between a Pearson Correlation and a Spearman’s Rho• Are race times of athletes who participated in both
biking and running competitions independent of one another? (This is a Pearson Correlation question because we are dealing with continuous variables)• This is a Spearman’s Rho question if we are dealing
with rank ordered or ordinal data:
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• This is a Spearman’s Rho question if we are dealing with rank ordered or ordinal data:
Individuals Biking Eventrace times
Running Eventrace times
Bob 1st 6th
Conrad 6th 2nd
Dallen 3rd 3rd
Ernie 4th 4th
Fen 5th 5th
Gaston 2nd 1st
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• In summary, if at least one of two variables to be correlated are based on an underlying ordinal measurement, the Spearman’s Rho is an appropriate estimate.
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• In summary, if at least one of two variables to be correlated are based on an underlying ordinal measurement, the Spearman’s Rho is an appropriate estimate.
• For example -
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Individuals Biking Eventrace times in minutes
Running Eventplacement
Bob 55 6th
Conrad 25 2nd
Dallen 29 3rd
Ernie 33 4th
Fen 39 5th
Gaston 23 1st
Interval or continuous Data
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
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• For example –
• or
Individuals Biking Eventrace times in minutes
Running Eventplacement
Bob 55 6th
Conrad 25 2nd
Dallen 29 3rd
Ernie 33 4th
Fen 39 5th
Gaston 23 1st
Interval or continuous Data
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
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• For example –
Individuals Biking Eventrace times in minutes
Running Eventplacement
Bob 55 6th
Conrad 25 2nd
Dallen 29 3rd
Ernie 33 4th
Fen 39 5th
Gaston 23 1st
Interval or continuous Data
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
Because this data is
ordinal or rank ordered we will use Spearman’s
Rho
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• For example –
• or
Individuals Biking Eventrace times in minutes
Running Eventplacement
Bob 55 6th
Conrad 25 2nd
Dallen 29 3rd
Ernie 33 4th
Fen 39 5th
Gaston 23 1st
Interval or continuous Data
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
Individuals Biking Eventplacement
Running Eventrace times
Bob 1st 4.0 hoursConrad 6th 2.5 hoursDallen 3rd 2.8 hoursErnie 4th 2.9 hoursFen 5th 3.3 hoursGaston 2nd 2.3 hours
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
Interval or continuous Data
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• For example –
• or
Individuals Biking Eventrace times in minutes
Running Eventplacement
Bob 55 6th
Conrad 25 2nd
Dallen 29 3rd
Ernie 33 4th
Fen 39 5th
Gaston 23 1st
Interval or continuous Data
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
Individuals Biking Eventplacement
Running Eventrace times
Bob 1st 4.0 hoursConrad 6th 2.5 hoursDallen 3rd 2.8 hoursErnie 4th 2.9 hoursFen 5th 3.3 hoursGaston 2nd 2.3 hours
Ordinal or rank-ordered Data
Interval or continuous Data
Because this data is
ordinal or rank ordered we will use Spearman’s
Rho
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• If both variables are on an interval scale, but one or both are significantly skewed, then Spearman’s Rho is an appropriate estimate that compensates for distortion of the mean.
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• If both variables are on an interval scale, but one or both are significantly skewed, then Spearman’s Rho is an appropriate estimate that compensates for distortion of the mean. • For example:
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• If both variables are on an interval scale, but one or both are significantly skewed, then Spearman’s Rho is an appropriate estimate that compensates for distortion of the mean. • For example:
Individuals Biking Eventrace times
Running Eventrace times
Bob 4.5 hours 4.0 hoursConrad 4.6 hours 2.5 hoursDallen 4.7 hours 2.8 hoursErnie 5.0 hours 2.9 hoursFen 20.0 hours 3.3 hoursGaston 28.0 hours 2.3 hours
Interval –heavily skewed data
Interval normally
distributed Data
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• If both variables are on an interval scale, but one or both are significantly skewed, then Spearman’s Rho is an appropriate estimate that compensates for distortion of the mean. • For example:
Individuals Biking Eventrace times
Running Eventrace times
Bob 4.5 hours 4.0 hoursConrad 4.6 hours 2.5 hoursDallen 4.7 hours 2.8 hoursErnie 5.0 hours 2.9 hoursFen 20.0 hours 3.3 hoursGaston 28.0 hours 2.3 hours
Interval –heavily skewed data
Interval normally
distributed Data
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
• Therefore it shares the same properties as these other methods:
-1 +10
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
• Therefore it shares the same properties as these other methods:• It ranges from -1 to +1.
-1 +10
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
• Therefore it shares the same properties as these other methods:• It ranges from -1 to +1.• It’s direction is determined by the sign (- +)
-1 +10
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
• Therefore it shares the same properties as these other methods:• It ranges from -1 to +1.• It’s direction is determined by the sign (- +)• The closer the value is to -1 or +1, the stronger the
relationship
-1 +10
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
• Therefore it shares the same properties as these other methods:• It ranges from -1 to +1.• It’s direction is determined by the sign (- +)• The closer the value is to -1 or +1, the stronger the
relationship• The closer the value is to 0, the weaker the relationship.
-1 +10
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• Spearman’s Rho renders a result that is identical to the Pearson Correlation
• Therefore it shares the same properties as these other methods:• It ranges from -1 to +1.• It’s direction is determined by the sign (- +)• The closer the value is to -1 or +1, the stronger the
relationship• The closer the value is to 0, the weaker the relationship.
-1 +10
A result like this would be evidence of independence
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• It differs from Kendall’s Tau in one simple way. The Spearman’s Rho CANNOT handle ties. The Kendall’s Tau can:
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• It differs from Kendall’s Tau in one simple way. The Spearman’s Rho cannot handle ties. The Kendall’s Tau can:• For example:
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• It differs from Kendall’s Tau in one simple way. The Spearman’s Rho cannot handle ties. The Kendall’s Tau can:• For example:
*use Kendall’s Tau when there are rank ordered ties.
Individuals Rank order for Biking Event
Rank order for Running Event
Bob 1st 1st
Conrad 2nd 1st
Dallen 2nd 2nd
Ernie 3rd 3rd
Fen 4th 4th
Gaston 5th 4th