A Guide to Spearman’s Rank
www.rgs.org › CMSPages › GetFile5. One should then apply the Spearman’s Rank equation to calculate the coefficient value (𝑅) (the value that tells the researcher the strength of the correlation). 𝑅 = 1 − 6Ʃ𝑑 2 (𝑛3−𝑛) where 𝑛 is the number of pairs of data collected and used (in this case 15). The sum of the 𝑑2 values (Ʃ𝑑2) in this example is 12.5.