Spearman Rank

Activity 3

Activity 3.1.
Determine the rank correlation coefficient of midterm and final grades of the respondents in a given
subject.
a. State the hypotheses;
b. run a test; and
c. interpret results.

Midterm grades (x) 71 49 80 73 93 85 58 82

Final grades (y) 83 62 76 77 89 74 48 78

Activity 3.2.
Determine the rank correlation coefficient between the weights of fathers and weights of their
youngest sons.
a. State the hypotheses;
b. run a test; and
c. interpret results.

Weight of Fathers 65 63 67 64 68 62 70 66 68 67
(x)

Weight of sons 68 66 68 65 69 66 68 65 72 67
(y)

Activity 3.3
In a contest for Mr. Campus Personality, two judges gave their rating to 8 candidates. Compute the
coefficient of rank correlation.
a. State the hypotheses;
b. run a test; and
c. interpret results.

Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Judge 1
98 97 95 90 89 88 85 85
(x)

Judge 2
94 97 98 95 92 90 89 85
(y)