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Where          … … .. represents the number of times a particular
                                                 3,
                                             2,
                                        1,
                              rank is repeated.
               Example: - From the following data obtain the Spearman’s rank coefficient of
               correlation.


                  X       65       72       65       70        65       75       78       80       70

                  Y       12       15       12       12        12       18       20       25       23


               Solution: - Calculation of Spearman’s rank coefficient of correlation.

                                                                                                     2
                 X       Y                                                        =    −             
                                                                                         
                                           
                                                                  
                                                                                               
                65      12      7 + 8 + 9            6 + 7 + 8 + 9                   0.5         0.25
                                            = 8                       = 7.5
                                     3                      4
                72      15              4                       5                     -1           1

                65      12      7 + 8 + 9            6 + 7 + 8 + 9                   0.5          0.25
                                            = 8                       = 7.5
                                     3                      4

                70      12       5 + 6               6 + 7 + 8 + 9                    -2           4
                                         = 5.5                        = 7.5
                                    2                       4

                65      12      7 + 8 + 9            6 + 7 + 8 + 9                   0.5          0.25
                                            = 8                       = 7.5
                                     3                      4

                75      18              3                       4                     -1           1

                78      20              2                       3                     -1           1


                80      25              1                       1                     0            0


                70      23       5 + 6                          2                    3.5         12.25
                                         = 5.5
                                    2

                                                                                                2
                                                                                                 = 20
                                                               3
                                                                             3
                                                 3
                                                 −      1      −      2      −      3
                                          2
                                                                             3
                                                 1
                                                               2
                                6 × (     +               +             +             + ⋯ … … … … . ).
                       = 1 −                      12            12            12
                        
                                                                  3
                                                                   −   
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