A Researcher Wished to Compare the Automobile Color Preferences of Men

question 13

Multiple Choice

A researcher wished to compare the automobile color preferences of men and women. An experiment was performed recording the preferences of 6 men and 6 women. If the sum of squares of the ranking differences is equal to $12.1$ , compute the Spearman rank correlation coefficient $r _ { s ^ { * } }$ .

• A) 0.428
• B) 0.958
• C) 0.654
• D) 0.809

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