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Q.In which situation, the values of Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient are equal?

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They are equal when the data are ranks 1,2,…,n1,2,\dots,n with no ties, since Pearson's rr on such ranks reduces exactly to Spearman's formula.

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient

rR=1−6∑d2n(n2−1)r_R = 1 - \frac{6\sum d^2}{n(n^2 - 1)}

is actually Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation computed on the ranks of the two variables, under the assumption that the ranks are the integers 1,2,…,n1, 2, \dots, n each occurring once (no ties).

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