WJEC Further Unit 2 Specimen — Question 3

Exam BoardWJEC
ModuleFurther Unit 2 (Further Unit 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicHypothesis test of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficien

3. A class of 8 students sit examinations in History and Geography. The marks obtained by these students are given below.
StudentABCDEFGH
History mark7359834957826760
Geography mark5551585944664967
  1. Calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for this data set.
  2. Hence determine whether or not, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, there is evidence of a positive association between marks in History and marks in Geography.
  3. Explain why it might not have been appropriate to use Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient to test association using this data set.