Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,901,543,109 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Spearman's rho

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.02 sec.
Spearman's rho
[spir′mənz rō′]
Etymology: Charles E. Spearman, English psychologist, 1863-1945; rho, 17th letter in the Greek alphabet
a statistical test for correlation between two rank-ordered scales. It yields a statement of the degree of interdependence of the scores of the two scales.

Spearman's rho,
n.pr a statistical test for correlation between two rank-ordered scales. It yields a statement of the degree of interdependence of the scores of the two scales.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
 
We used Spearman's rho correlation coefficients for the means of the various LOTCA subscales, IQ scores transformed from the scores of the Pictorial IQ test subscale, and disability level to examine the LOTCA's concurrent criterion validity.
Statistical analyses used Wilcoxin Signed Rank, Friedman, Mann-Whitney 17, McNemar, Cochran Q, Chi-square, and Spearman's rho tests.
Analysis To test the relationships among the financial measures defined previously, nonparametric Spearman's rho correlation coefficients were calculated for each year between 2004 and 2006 as well as for the total sample of hospitals spanning the three-year study period from 2004 to 2006.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.