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Spearman's rank order correlation is a rank-based adjustment to Pearson's correlation, which checks for strength of a linear relationship between two variables [ 38 ] . Spearman's rank order correlation ranks the data in each variable and then calculates Pearson's correlation with the paired ranked data, hence checking for the strength of a monotone relationship; p -values are based on permutation methods.
Other incentives his group has undertaken include taking staff out for lunch or handing out $100 American Express checks.
Which is not to say that someone who checks their oven 50 times is crazy , whatever that means--but rather that if he should apply to a psychiatrist for help, he would find that the psychiatrist would produce a name for his behavior, would assure him that other people engage in it also, and might offer him drugs to help him stop.
The WP notes that legislators hope to pass laws mandating background checks on gun show weapons buyers, implementation of child safety locks, and bans on large-capacity ammunition clips by the August recess.
USA Today leads with "STATES TO TIE TEACHER PAY TO RESULTS," about how today, at a national education summit (Bill Clinton in attendance) at least 10 states will agree to test a program in which faculty checks and student grades go hand in hand.