SPS SPS ASFM Statistics 2021 May — Question 5 8 marks

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS ASFM Statistics (SPS ASFM Statistics)
Year2021
SessionMay
Marks8
TopicHypothesis test of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficien

5. Arlosh, Sarah and Desi are investigating the ratings given to six different films by two critics.
  1. Arlosh calculates Spearman's rank correlation coefficient \(r _ { s }\) for the critics' ratings. He calculates that \(\Sigma d ^ { 2 } = 72\). Show that this value must be incorrect.
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  2. Arlosh checks his working with Sarah, whose answer \(r _ { s } = \frac { 29 } { 35 }\) is correct. Find the correct value of \(\Sigma d ^ { 2 }\).
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  3. Carry out an appropriate two-tailed significance test of the value of \(r _ { s }\) at the \(5 \%\) significance level, stating your hypotheses clearly.
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