
APPENDIX C / Statistical Tables 425
STATISTICAL TABLES
TABLE C.4
Critical Values of the Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient: The r
s
-Tables
To interpolate the critical value for an N not given, find the critical values for the N above and below your N, add
them together, and then divide the sum by 2. When N is greater than 30, transform r
S
to a z-score using the formula
. For , the two-tailed and the one-tailed .
Two-Tailed Test One-Tailed Test
Alpha Level Alpha Level
(no. of
N
pairs) (no. of
N
pairs) a 5 .01a 5 .05a 5 .01a 5 .05
z
crit
5 1.645z
crit
5 ;1.96␣ 5 .05z
obt
5 1r
S
211N 2 12
0
+r
crit
–r
crit
0
+r
crit
From E. G. Olds (1949), “The 5 Percent Significance Levels of Sums of Squares of Rank Differences and a Correction,” Annals of Math Statis-
tics, 20, pp. 117–118; and E. G. Olds (1938), “Distribution of Sums of Squares of Rank Differences for Small Numbers of Individuals,” Annals
of Math Statistics, 9, pp. 133–148. Reprinted with permission of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.