Table 5

Estimation of coefficients. On the left the bivariate Spearman’s rho coefficients (in bold letter the largest), on the right the trivariate correlations (in bold letter the largest), α m shows the direction of maximal dependence. Calculus I (subscript 1), Mathematics (subscript 2) and Natural Sciences or Physics (subscript 3).

Year α m
2013 0.39640 0.37426 0.59626 0.45564 0.45749 0.45289 (−1, −1, −1)
2014 0.63358 0.65591 0.77734 0.68894 0.68167 0.69525 (1, 1, 1)
2015 0.63718 0.52799 0.69381 0.61966 0.63945 0.59484 (−1, −1, −1)