Why is the Spearman rank correlation considered a non-parametric test?
- It assumes a normal distribution
- It can't handle ordinal data
- It does not assume a normal distribution
- It tests for a linear relationship
The Spearman rank correlation is considered a non-parametric test because it does not assume a normal distribution of data. It only assumes that the variables are ordinal or continuous and that the relationship between them is monotonic.
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