Edexcel S3 2002 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2002
SessionJune
TopicHypothesis test of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficien

4. At the end of a season an athletics coach graded a random sample of ten athletes according to their performances throughout the season and their dedication to training. The results, expressed as percentages, are shown in the table below.
AthletePerformanceDedication
\(A\)8672
\(B\)6069
\(C\)7859
\(D\)5668
\(E\)8080
\(F\)6684
\(G\)3165
\(H\)5955
\(I\)7379
\(J\)4953
  1. Calculate the Spearman rank correlation coefficient between performance and dedication.
  2. Stating clearly your hypotheses and using a \(10 \%\) level of significance, interpret your rank correlation coefficient.
  3. Give a reason to support the use of the rank correlation coefficient rather than the product moment correlation coefficient with these data.