The Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient
A) is identical with Pearson r under all circumstances
B) is identical with Pearson r when both variables are in rank form and there are no ties in ranks
C) is identical with Pearson r when n is greater than 10
D) is never identical to Pearson r

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The Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient is identical to Pearson r when both variables are in rank form and there are no ties in ranks, as both measure the strength and direction of association between two ranked variables.

The Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient