14.57 A Republican and a Democrat candidate for political office have each rated the 12 most recent pieces of legislation in their state from 1 (most beneficial to the state)

to 12 (least beneficial). Given the data shown here, determine and interpret the Spearman coefficient of rank correlation.

At the 0.02 level, does rs differ significantly from 0?

Legislation A B C D E F G H I J K L Republican’s ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Democrat’s ranking 3 4 6 9 8 5 10 7 12 11 1 2