In Determining the Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient, What Is Done

Multiple Choice

In determining the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, what is done if multiple observations within either variable have the same value?

A) As the data are assumed to be from continuous distributions, this will never happen.
B) The observations are ignored and the sample size adjusted accordingly.
C) The observations are given the mean rank of their positions in the ordered list.
D) The observations are arbitrarily assigned a rank in sequence.