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Takeaway #11 - Spearman Rho

1. Spearman's rho is a statistical measure used to assess the strength and direction of association between two ranked variables. It measures monotonic relationships (whether linear or not) between the ranked variables. 2. To calculate Spearman's rho, scores on two variables (X and Y) are ranked and the differences between the ranks of corresponding values are calculated. These differences are squared and summed, and used in a formula to derive the value of Spearman's rho. 3. Fifteen students took an achievement test in mathematics twice, and their scores were ranked and used to calculate Spearman's rho of 0.89, indicating a strong positive linear relationship between the two test administrations, demonstrating the reliability of

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Takeaway #11 - Spearman Rho

1. Spearman's rho is a statistical measure used to assess the strength and direction of association between two ranked variables. It measures monotonic relationships (whether linear or not) between the ranked variables. 2. To calculate Spearman's rho, scores on two variables (X and Y) are ranked and the differences between the ranks of corresponding values are calculated. These differences are squared and summed, and used in a formula to derive the value of Spearman's rho. 3. Fifteen students took an achievement test in mathematics twice, and their scores were ranked and used to calculate Spearman's rho of 0.89, indicating a strong positive linear relationship between the two test administrations, demonstrating the reliability of

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Name: SHARLENE MAE D.

SARUEDA Course: MAED-AS Date: JANUARY 2, 2023 Score: _________

Takeaway # __11__
Measures of Correlation – Spearman Rho

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient or Spearman's rho is named after Charles Spearman. It is the statistical tool used
to measure the relationship between paired ranks assigned to individual scores on two variables, X and Y of the first
administration (X) and second administration (Y). To obtain the value of the Spearman rho (r s), consider the formula below.

where ρ = Spearman rho; ∑ d 2= sum of the squared differences between ranks; and
N = number of cases
To substitute the formula, the steps are as follows:
Step 1. Rank the scores of respondents from highest to lowest in the first set of administration (X) and
mark this rank as Rx. The highest score receives rank 1, second highest, 2; third highest, 3 and so on.
Step 2. Rank the second set of scores in the second administration (Y) in the same manner as in Step 1 and
marks as Ry.
Step 3. Find the difference for every pair of ranks to get D.
Step 4. Multiply the difference by itself to get D2.

Step 5. Add or total D2 to get∑d


2

Step 6. Compute Spearman rho (r s) by using the formula.


Students X Y Rx Ry D D2
1 42 44 11 6 5 25
2 43 40 9.5 12 -2.5 6.25
3 48 46 3.5 3 0.5 0.25
4 45 43 7 8 -1 1
5 40 42 13 10 3 9
6 47 45 5 4.5 0.5 0.25
7 52 50 1 1.5 -0.5 0.25
8 35 37 15 14 1 1
9 44 43 8 8 0 0
10 43 40 9.5 12 -2.5 6.25
11 41 40 12 12 0 0
12 46 43 6 8 -2 4
13 39 36 14 15 -1 1
14 48 50 3.5 1.5 2 4
15 49 45 2 4.5 -2.5 6.25
Total 662 644 120 120 0 64.5
1. Fifteen students are used as pilot sample to test the reliability of an achievement test in Mathematics
using test-retest technique. Table 1 presents the students’ scores and reliability coefficient in two
administrations of test-retest technique using Spearman rho.
Table 1. Spearman rho Computation of First and Second Administrations of Achievement Test Using the Test-retest
Technique in Mathematics
1.1. Compute the above data using Spearman Rho and determine its reliability.
The Spearman Rho’s result of 0.89 states that there is a strong linear relationship of the
administration of the Achievement Test using the Test=Retest Technique in Mathematics.

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