Which of the Following Statements Is NOT a Property of the Spearman's

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT a property of the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient?

• A) It is the test statistic used in Spearmen's rank correlation test.
• B) It can take on values only between 0 and +1.
• C) Positive values near +1 point to a monotonically increasing relationship between the two variables.
• D) It specifies hypotheses in terms of population distributions rather than parameters.

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