Edexcel S3 — Question 4

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

4. For a project a student collects data on engine size and sales over a period of time for the models of cars made by one particular manufacturer. Her results are shown in the table below.
Engine Capacity
(litres)
1.11.31.62.12.42.62.83.0
Sales527632840619350425487401
  1. Calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for these data.
  2. Stating your hypotheses clearly, test at the \(5 \%\) level of significance whether or not there is any evidence of correlation.
  3. Explain why it is more appropriate to use Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for this test than the product moment correlation coefficient.
    (2 marks)