Describe the Rank Correlation Test $r _ { s }$ Differ from the Pearson Correlation Coefficient R

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Describe the rank correlation test. What types of hypotheses is it used to test? How does the
rank correlation coefficient $r _ { s }$ differ from the Pearson correlation coefficient r?

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