Dr Marcus was conducting a study on empathy in young adults. He asked seven participants to rate their own level of empathy on a scale of 1–10, and then asked a close family member of each participant to provide a rating of the participant's empathy using the same scale.
Complete the table and calculate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rsr_srs) between self-rated empathy and family-rated empathy.
| Self-rated empathy | Rank 1 | Family-rated empathy | Rank 2 | ddd | d2d^2d2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6.5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 6.5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3.0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 1.5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total: |
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