Critical values of Spearmans rank correlation coefficient Two‐tailed testing
Your value of the correlation coefficient must exceed that shown to be signficant at the p shown
n (number of samples) p = 0.05 p = 0.01
First, work out how 5 1.000 *
many samples you have 6 0.886 1.000
(number of rows). Then 7 0.786 0.929
read across the table at 8 0.738 0.881
the appropriate row. 9 0.700 0.883
If your value of r is more 10 0.648 0.794
than that shown in the 11 0.618 0.755
p = 0.05 column then it 12 0.587 0.727
is significant at p < 0.05. 13 0.560 0.703
If it is more than the value 14 0.538 0.679
in the p = 0.01 column 15 0.521 0.654
then it is significant at this 16 0.503 0.635
level. 17 0.488 0.618
18 0.472 0.600
19 0.460 0.584
20 0.447 0.570
21 0.436 0.556
22 0.425 0.544
23 0.416 0.532
24 0.407 0.521
25 0.398 0.511
26 0.390 0.501
27 0.383 0.492
28 0.375 0.483
29 0.368 0.475
30 0.362 0.467
40 0.313 0.405
41 0.309 0.400
42 0.305 0.395
43 0.301 0.391
44 0.298 0.386
45 0.294 0.382
46 0.291 0.378
47 0.288 0.374
48 0.285 0.370
49 0.282 0.366
50 0.279 0.363