* Use sumprod() which is faster, simpler, and more accurate than rounding each multiplication before summation. * For an additional speed-up and simplification, compute the (x_xi - bar) only once instead of multiple times. * For Spearman's rank correlation, we can skip the (x_xi - bar) step because the ranks are centered around zero. <!-- gh-linked-prs --> ### Linked PRs * gh-102649 <!-- /gh-linked-prs -->