Cameron wishes to correlate college football team rankings at the end of this year's football season with the rankings from the previous year. Which correlation coefficient should Cameron use?

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Since Cameron wishes to correlate the rankings from two different points in time (end of this year and previous year), he should use a non-parametric correlation coefficient that does not assume a normal distribution of data. Among the given options, Spearman rho is the most appropriate as it is a non-parametric method that compares the ranked data between two variables. It is also suitable for measuring associations between ordinal data, which is the case with the football team rankings. Therefore, option A is the best choice for this scenario.

Cameron Wishes to Correlate College Football Team Rankings at the End