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Nonparametric Method: Analysis of Ranked Data

Far West University offers both day and evening classes in business administration. One
question in a survey of students inquires how they perceive the prestige associated with
certain careers. Each student was asked to rank the careers from 1 to 8, with 1 having the
most prestige and 8 the least prestige. The results were:

(see attached file)

Find Spearman's coefficient of rank correlation. Explain.

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