A Researcher Wished to Compare the Automobile Color Preferences of Men

question 8

Multiple Choice

A researcher wished to compare the automobile color preferences of men and women. An experiment was performed recording the preferences of 10 men and 10 women. If the sum of squares of the ranking differences is equal to 11.1, compute the Spearman rank correlation coefficient r_s.

• A) 0.966
• B) 0.933
• C) 0.992
• D) 0.870

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