A robust Spearman correlation coefficient permutation test

In this work, we show that Spearman's correlation coefficient test about H 0 : ρ s = 0 found in most statistical software is theoretically incorrect and performs poorly when bivariate normality assumptions are not met or the sample size is small. There is common misconception that the tests abo...

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Published in:	Communications in statistics. Theory and methods Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 2141 - 2153
Main Authors:	Yu, Han, Hutson, Alan D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Taylor & Francis 18.03.2024 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Bivariate analysis Correlation coefficients non-normality Normality Permutations Rank correlation Robust control small sample Statistical analysis studentized non-normality studentized rank correlation small sample
ISSN:	0361-0926, 1532-415X
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