The Spearman rank-order correlation is used when:
A. one wants to determine whether the relationship between variables is monotonic.
B. one variable being measured is on an interval scale and the other being measured is on a nominal scale.
C. dependent variables are scaled on a ratio scale.
D. both of the variables being correlated are measured on a dichotomous scale.
Answer: A
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