In Testing the Significance of a Population Correlation Coefficient Using

question 45

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In testing the significance of a population correlation coefficient using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, it is assumed that all possible combinations of values of variable X and variable Y have a bivariate normal probability distribution.

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