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Detecting Trends Using Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient

Thomas D. Gautheir

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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.

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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.

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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

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