If the sum of the squares of difference of ranks of 6 candidates in two criteria is 21, the rank correlation coefficient is __________.

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  1. 0.5
  2. 0.6
  3. 0.4
  4. 0.7

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Option 3 : 0.4
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Formula

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient is denoted by ρ

ρ = 1 – [6∑d2/n(n2 – 1)]

d = difference between rank of paied items  of x and y variables

∑d2 = total of squares of rank differences

n = number of pairs of items

Given

∑d2 = ∑(R1 – R2)2 = 21

n = 6

Calculation

ρ = 1 – [6 × 21/6(62 – 1)

ρ = 1 – 21/35

ρ = 14/35

The rank correlation coefficient is 0.4

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