1. A Level
  2. Psychology Edexcel
  3. Question bank

Methods

EasyMediumHard
Question 114

Dr. Alistair's investigation on weekly reading hours and vocabulary performance among 10 secondary school students yielded the data shown in Table 1.

Complete Table 2 and calculate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rsr_srs​) between the number of hours spent reading per week and the vocabulary score.

Table 1: Raw scores for reading hours and vocabulary test

StudentNumber of hours reading per weekVocabulary score
A210
B312
C812
D615
E918
F1218
G1325
H1525
I515
J1017

Table 2: Step-by-step ranking and calculation

Number of hours reading per weekRank 1Vocabulary scoreRank 2dddd2d^2d2
21101
32122.5
85122.5
64154.5
96187.5
128187.5
139259.5
1510259.5
53154.5
107176
Total:
[4]
PreviousNext

Methods Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Methods

Practise Edexcel A Level Psychology Methods with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 638 questions, matched to the Edexcel A Level Psychology (9PS0) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

Question bank