Never use Spearman's "rho" (which idiotically assumes a rectangular distribution). Always use Kemdall's tau ( which makes no distributional assumption and has a much more sensible interpretation).
That is all. :-) Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo > On Nov 11, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Tipsters, > > Although the Pearson coefficient does not assume normality, an alternative > solution might be to computer a non-parametric coefficient such as Spearman's > rho or Kendall's tau. > > Sincerely, > > Stuart > > ______________________________ > "Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant" > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., > Department of Psychology, > Bishop's University, > 2600 rue College, > Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), > QC J1M 1Z7, > Canada. > > "Floreat Labore" > ______________________________ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=30027 > or send a blank email to > leave-30027-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=30041 or send a blank email to leave-30041-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
