The thirty faculty members in the Department of Mathematics are rank-ordered according to their student evaluations. They are also rank-ordered according to the mean final exam score obtained by their classes at the end of term. The department head is interested in knowing whether the most popular professors (i.e., those with the highest student evaluations) are also the ones whose students achieve the highest average. What correlation test would you choose to answer the question?
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer:
Rank-order correlation test
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