Calculate Spearman's coefficient only

Question asks only to calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient from given data, with no hypothesis test required.

4 questions · Easy -1.1

5.08e Spearman rank correlation
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OCR S1 2007 June Q2
5 marks Easy -1.2
2 Two judges each placed skaters from five countries in rank order.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th
Judge 1UKFranceRussiaPolandCanada
Judge 2RussiaCanadaFranceUKPoland
Calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, \(\mathrm { r } _ { \mathbf { s } ^ { \prime } }\) for the two judges' rankings.
OCR S1 2011 June Q2
5 marks Easy -1.2
2 The orders in which 4 contestants, \(P , Q , R\) and \(S\), were placed in two competitions are shown in the table.
Position1st2nd3rd4th
Competition 1\(Q\)\(R\)\(S\)\(P\)
Competition 2\(Q\)\(P\)\(R\)\(S\)
Calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between these two orders.
OCR S1 2012 June Q5
8 marks Easy -1.2
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  1. Write down the value of Spearman's rank correlation coefficent, \(r _ { s }\), for the following sets of ranks. All the discs are replaced in the bag. Tony now takes three discs from the bag at random without replacement.
  2. Given that the first disc Tony takes is red, find the probability that the third disc Tony takes is also red.
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  3. Write down the value of Spearman's rank correlation coefficent, \(r _ { s }\), for the following sets of ranks.
    (b)
    Judge \(A\) ranks1234
    Judge \(C\) ranks4321
    (a)
    (a)
    Judge \(A\) ranks1234
    Judge \(B\) ranks1234
  4. Calculate the value of \(r _ { s }\) for the following ranks.
    Judge \(A\) ranks1234
    Judge \(D\) ranks2413
  5. For each of parts (i)(a), (i)(b) and (ii), describe in everyday terms the relationship between the two judges' opinions.
OCR S1 2009 June Q2
4 marks Moderate -0.8
Two judges placed 7 dancers in rank order. Both judges placed dancers A and B in the first two places, but in opposite orders. The judges agreed about the ranks for all the other 5 dancers. Calculate the value of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. [4]