Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient

The Spearman Coefficient determines the degree of

correlation two variables measured in at least an ordinal scale
The Spearman Correlation Coefficient rho (rs) is

6 ∑ (rx - ry)2
rs = 1 –
n (n2 – 1)

Where:
rs - rank order correlation coefficient
rx - rank of x
ry - rank of y
n - number of paired cases
Example
Scores in Scores in
English Filipino
2
x y rx ry (rx - ry) (rx - ry)
10 13 5.5 5 0.5 0.25
5 7 10 10 0 0
6 8 9 9 0 0
15 16 1 1 0 0
12 14 4 4 0 0
7 9 8 8 0 0
8 15 7 2.5 4.5 20.25
10 11 5.5 7 -1.5 2.25
14 15 2 2.5 -0.5 0.25
13 12 3 6 -3 9
32
rs = 1 – 6 (32)
10 (102 – 1)

= 1– 192
10 (99)

192
= 1–
990
= 1 – .19

rs = .81