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In the first case, there is a strong upward-sloping relationship between X and Y; in the second case, no apparent relationship; in the third case, a strong downward-sloping relationship. Note the ...

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Intuition suggests that altering the covariance structure of a parametric model for repeated-measures data alters the variances of the model's estimated mean parameters. The purpose of this article is ...

Once the ranks for the two variables are found, we apply the formula for the correlation to the ranks as follows: Both Spearman’s rank and Pearson’s correlation tests share the purpose of assessing ...