A researcher states a null hypothesis that the relationship between marital satisfaction and happiness is characterized by Spearman's rho = 0. What does the researcher need to assume about the sampling distribution of rho?
A) It has a chi square sampling distribution.
B) It has a non-random sampling distribution.
C) It has a normal sampling distribution.
D) It has no sampling distribution.

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The researcher needs to assume that the sampling distribution of Spearman's rho is approximately normal, especially with larger sample sizes, under the null hypothesis that there is no relationship (rho = 0).

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