OCR S1 2010 June — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficien

2 Three skaters, \(A , B\) and \(C\), are placed in rank order by four judges. Judge \(P\) ranks skater \(A\) in 1st place, skater \(B\) in 2nd place and skater \(C\) in 3rd place.
  1. Without carrying out any calculation, state the value of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for the following ranks. Give a reason for your answer. \href{http://physicsandmathstutor.com}{physicsandmathstutor.com}