Men and Women Were Randomly Selected to Rate Eight Television $\alpha = 0.05$

question 28

Essay

Men and women were randomly selected to rate eight television programs on a scale of 1 to 50 with 50 being the best score. The average ratings are shown in the table below. Use the Spearman rank correlation coefficient at $\alpha = 0.05$ to determine if there is a correlation between the rankings of men and women.
$\begin{array}{c|cccccccc}\text { Program } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } & \text { E } & \text { F } & \text { G } & \text { H } \\\hline \text { Men } & 32 & 50 & 6 & 15 & 29 & 48 & 36 & 10 \\\text { Women } & 20 & 48 & 10 & 25 & 37 & 50 & 29 & 16\end{array}$

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