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The marks scored by 4 students in Mathematics and Physics...

The marks scored by 4 students in Mathematics and Physics are ranked as shown in the table below

Mathematics 3 4 2 1
Physics 4 3 1 2

Calculate the Spearmann's rank correlation coefficient.

A.

0.2

B.

0.5

C.

0.6

D.

0.7

Correct answer is C

Maths (x) Rank rx Physics (y) Rank ry d=|rxry| d2
3 2 4 1 1 1
4 1 3 2 1 1
2 3 1 4 1 1
1 4 2 3 1 1
Total         4

ρ=16d2n(n21)

16×44(421)=12460

= 10.4=0.6