Which of the following is not true about the Spearman's rho compared with the correlation coefficient r?
A) Spearman's rho is not sensitive to violations of the Linearity condition.
B) Spearman's rho is not significantly affected by outliers.
C) Spearman's rho can be smaller than - 1 and greater than 1.
D) Spearman's rho can be used for data with bends and outliers.
E) It can be used when only ranks are known.

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The correlation coefficient r is always between -1 and 1, while Spearman's rho can be smaller than -1 or greater than 1 when the data have ties.

Which of the Following Is Not True About the Spearman's