[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <81pgdm$irn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>I am very new to descriptive statistics and have a problem that I need
>help with.
>
>1. I have two sets of scores which are related to each other.
> SET A 1100,1040,950,1090,1050,970,900,1110,940,880
> SET B 108,128,113,103,112,119,96,103,112,92.
> My question is do I use Pearson's or Spearman's.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
NEITHER.
Just plot one against the other and you will see that a linear
model is just not sensible.
It looks like artificial data to me, but if it is real, then there
are two types of cases here. I would want to know more
so that I can disriminate between them.
--
Alan Miller, Retired Scientist (Statistician)
CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences
Alan.Miller -at- vic.cmis.csiro.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~milleraj
