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carter hartigan
on Nov 02, 2024
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Two restaurant reviewers wish to see if they have similar opinions regarding restaurants. They independently rank-order eight restaurants from 1 (best) to 8 (worst) . Calculating a Spearman rank-order correlation, they find the following result: r(6) = .47, p > .05. Based on the result of this analysis, which of the following conclusions would be drawn?
A) The two reviewers have significantly similar opinions of restaurants.
B) The two reviewers have significantly different opinions of restaurants.
C) There is no relationship between the two reviewers' opinions of restaurants.
D) The two reviewers have opposite opinions of restaurants.
Spearman Rank-Order
A nonparametric method for evaluating rank correlation which determines how accurately a monotonic function can depict the relationship between two variables.
P Value
A measure in statistical hypothesis testing representing the probability of obtaining a result at least as extreme as the one observed, assuming the null hypothesis is true.
- Understand the role of Spearman's rank-order correlation in assessing ordinal data.
- Analyze the relationship between variables using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients.
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IV
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of Spearman's rank-order correlation in assessing ordinal data.
- Analyze the relationship between variables using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients.