A Study Is Conducted to Determine the Reliability of Two

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A study is conducted to determine the reliability of two judges in assessing musical performance. The judges are asked to rate 8 musical contestants on a twenty point scale. The higher the rating, the greater is the assessed musical talent. The following data
Assuming the data are only of ordinal scaling, use the appropriate correlation coefficient to assess how alike the judges are in their ratings.

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