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Detecting Trends Using Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient

Thomas D. Gautheir

2001.1.1ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS

DOI: 10.1080/713848278

Abstract

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is a useful tool for exploratory data analysis in environmental forensic investigations. In this application it is used to detect monotonic trends in chemical concentration with time or space.

Citation format

GAUTHEIR, Thomas D. Detecting trends using spearman's rank correlation coefficient. ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, 2001, 2: 359–362.