The ________ correlation coefficient is based on the ranks of data rather than the actual values.
- Covariance
- Kendall's Tau
- Pearson's
- Spearman's
The Spearman's correlation coefficient is based on the ranks of data rather than the actual values. This makes it suitable for use with ordinal variables and resistant to outliers.
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