Question

For a group of graduating college seniors, a researcher records each student’s rank in his/her high school graduating class and the student’s rank in the college graduating class. Which correlation should be used to measure the relationship between these two variables?

Answer 1

Spearman's correlation

Explanation:

A researcher records each student’s rank in his/her high school graduating class and the student’s rank in the college graduating class.

The correlation that should be used to measure the relationship between these two variables is - Spearman's correlation

This correlation gives a statistical measure of similar relationship between paired data.

This is used to evaluate relationships involving ordinal variables.