It was discovered that 10 students' marks in two specific topics had a coefficient or rank correlation of 0.5. Later, it was determined that the student's difference in scores across two disciplines had been miscalculated, being recorded as 3, rather than 7. What should the proper value of the rank correlation coefficient be?

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It was discovered that 10 students' marks in two specific topics had a coefficient or rank correlation of 0.5. Later, it was determined that the student's difference in scores across two disciplines had been miscalculated, being recorded as 3, rather than 7. What should the proper value of the rank correlation coefficient be?
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