2.2 Special types of Correlation
2.3 Point Biserial Correlation rPB
2.3.1 Calculation of rPB
2.3.2 Significance Testing of rPB
2.4 Phi Coefficient (φ )
2.4.1 Significance Testing of phi (φ )
2.5 Biserial Correlation
2.6 Tetrachoric Correlation
2.7 Rank Order Correlations
2.7.1 Rank-order Data
2.7.2 Assumptions Underlying Pearson’s Correlation not Satisfied
2.8 Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation or Spearman’s rho (rs)
2.8.1 Null and Alternate Hypothesis
2.8.2 Numerical Example: for Untied and Tied Ranks
2.8.3 Spearman’s Rho with Tied Ranks
2.8.4 Steps for rS with Tied Ranks
2.8.5 Significance Testing of Spearman’s rho
2.9 Kendall’s Tau (ô)
2.9.1 Null and Alternative Hypothesis
2.9.2 Logic of Kendall’s Tau and Computation
2.9.3 Computational Alternative for Kendall’s Tau
2.9.4 Significance Testing for Kendall’s Tau