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MARTINEZ ORTEGA, Rosa María et al. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SPEARMAN CORRELATION RANKS COEFFICIENT. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1729-519X.

In the environment of the investigations epidemic clinic, the professionals of the health assiduously are projected in their investigations, to define the relationships among the characteristics of a phenomenon, the grade of that relationship or to prove the dependability of their observations, thinking about as hypothesis if these they are or it doesn't cause it of a certain entity. In the practice it generally happens that the investigator among the dissimilar statistical tests of those that prepares doesn't select appropriately the one that will contribute him a reading with more exactitude, easy of these relations. Se he carries out a bibliographical revision with the objective of characterizing the method of correlation of ranges of Spearman, used to value the association among quantitative variables, being applied the method of documental analysis. The results are declared when summarizing the history of the emergence of the theory of the correlation and the regression, explanation of associate concepts, his graphic presentation, the essential features of the algorithm of traditional solution and with advisory statistical as well as a compilation on scales of interpretation of the statistical test. He/she is projected that the carried out work serves from bibliography to consult for investigators and students of the Medical sciences.

Palavras-chave : Correlation; Spearman; Pearson; Correlation of Spearman; statistic; egression; lineal correlation; correlation coefficient; ranges; differential psychology; history.

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