1. Determine the degrees of freedom2. Note the alpha level (usually 0.05)3. Determine whether or not the calculated spearman's r value exceeds the r critical value from the table4. If your calculated spearman's r value exceeds r critical value, the correlation is considered statistically significant

Scenario: Ten subjects participate in a problem-solving experiment. Two judges are asked to rank order the solutions with regard to their creativity (1: most creative, 10: least creative). The experimenter wishes to know if the judges are in substantial agreement. The following are the rankings; what should the experimenter decide? (a = 0.05)? 6Ed Where d = difference between the /th pair of ranks = R(X) - R(Y) =1- R(X) = rank of the ith X score N' . N R(Y.) = rank of the ith Y score N = number of pairs of ranks Trainee Judge 1 Judge 2 ROC) R(YJ (dj ) + N N N W 10 10 00 10