Comparison of Values of Pearson's and Spearman's Correlation Coefficients on the Same Sets of Data

Hauke, Jan; Kossowski, Tomasz

doi:10.2478/v10117-011-0021-1

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Comparison of Values of Pearson's and Spearman's Correlation Coefficients on the Same Sets of Data

Published in Quaestiones Geographicae • Jun 1, 2011

Authors:

Jan Hauke

Tomasz Kossowski

Abstract

Comparison of Values of Pearson's and Spearman's Correlation Coefficients on the Same Sets of Data Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is a nonparametric (distribution-free) rank statistic proposed by Charles Spearman as a measure of the strength of an association between two variables. It is a ...

Subject

Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient

Mathematics

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient

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