A note on approximations and convergence in distribution for spearman's rank correlation coefficient
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
- Vol. 17 (1) , 55-59
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03610928808829609
Abstract
The convergence of the exact distribution of Spearman's Correlation Coefficient to normality is examined for n-9 to 18. Seven recommended approximations are examined for accuracy to the exact distribution and some recommendations are made.Keywords
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