Spearman's Correlation Coefficient ( R _S ) Applies to

question 37

Multiple Choice

Spearman's correlation coefficient ( r _S ) applies to

• A) any data.
• B) linear data.
• C) data that have been converted to ranks.
• D) only continuous data.

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