Suppose you find one instance of two tied ranks while you are calculating a Spearman r_s. You should A) throw out that pair B) give the difference a value of +.5 C) give the difference a value of -.5 D) give the difference a value of 0.

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When calculating Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and you encounter tied ranks, you assign the average rank to each of the tied values. This effectively gives the difference between the tied ranks a value of 0, as they are assigned the same rank.

Suppose You Find One Instance of Two Tied Ranks While