Detecting Trends Using Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
Thomas D. Gautheir
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Thomas D. Gautheir
Abstract
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is a useful tool for exploratory data analysis in environmental forensic investigations. In this application it is used to detect monotonic trends in chemical concentration with time or space.
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Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is a useful tool for exploratory data analysis in environmental forensic investigations. In this application it is used to detect monotonic trends in chemical concentration with time or space.
Key concepts: Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, Rank correlation, Statistics, Rank (graph theory), Correlation coefficient, Correlation, Monotonic function, Mathematics