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Detecting Trends Using Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient

T. Gauthier

2001.12.1ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS

DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2001.0061

Abstract

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

GAUTHIER, T. Detecting trends using spearman's rank correlation coefficient. ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, 2001, 2: 359–362.