This document provides guidance on reporting the results of a Spearman's Rho correlation in APA style. It gives an example of a problem investigating the relationship between spelling bee placement and gender. It then provides a template for how to report the Spearman's Rho statistic, including the value of rs and the significance level p.

1. Reporting a Spearman's Rho in
APA

2. Reporting a Spearman's Rho in
APA
Note – that the reporting format shown in this
learning module is for APA. For other formats consult
specific format guides. It is also recommended to
consult the latest APA manual to compare what is
described in this learning module with the most
updated formats for APA

3. Reporting a Spearman's Rho in APA

4. Reporting a Spearman's Rho in APA
• In this short tutorial you will see a problem that can
be investigated using a Spearman's Rho.

5. Reporting Spearman's Rho in APA
• In this short tutorial you will see a problem that can
be investigated using a Spearman's Rho.
• You will then see how the results of the analysis can
be reported using APA style.

6. Problem:

7. Problem:
We analyzed if there is a relationship between Spelling Bee
placement (rank order) and gender (male=1 and female=2)

8. Problem:
We analyzed whether there was bias (non-random pattern) in
on-time graduation (no=1 and yes =2) according to gender
(male=1 and female=2)
• Here is one general template for reporting a
Spearman's Rho:

9. Problem:
We analyzed whether there was bias (non-random pattern) in
on-time graduation (no=1 and yes =2) according to gender
(male=1 and female=2)
• Here is one general template for reporting a
Spearman's Rho:
Based on the results of the study, females tend to rank
higher in Spelling Bee competitions than do males
rs = .82, p < .05.

10. Problem:
We analyzed whether there was bias (non-random pattern) in
on-time graduation (no=1 and yes =2) according to gender
(male=1 and female=2)
• Here is one general template for reporting a
Kendall’s Tau:
Based on the results of the study, females tend to rank
higher in Spelling Bee competitions than do males
rs = .82, p < .05.
Spearman’s
Rho
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