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2.2.2 Scatter diagrams and correlation

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Question 53

A team of aerospace engineers is testing two types of wind-speed sensors, Sensor X and Sensor Y, on 8 experimental drone flights. The readings (in knots) are recorded below:

FlightABCDEFGH
Sensor X12158221952510
Sensor Y1418620247239
a.

Calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for these readings.

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b.

Test, at the 5% level of significance, whether there is a positive correlation between the sensors' readings. State your hypotheses clearly.

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c.

Sensor Y's reading for Flight F was later corrected to 6 knots. Explain how you would calculate Spearman's rank correlation coefficient in this case, without performing any new calculations.

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