Table 5.

Pearson and Spearman correlations for each shortened test duration and the full 70-d test period for DMI (kg)

			Day of test
Group1	Direction2	Analysis	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70
1	Forward	Pearson	0.709	0.777	0.855	0.902	0.941	0.963	0.983	0.991	0.997	1.0
		Spearman	0.747	0.809	0.866	0.903	0.940	0.959	0.979	0.988	0.997	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.699	0.781	0.852	0.868	0.893	0.914	0.947	0.968	0.992	1.0
		Spearman	0.734	0.793	0.856	0.879	0.905	0.918	0.947	0.966	0.990	1.0
2	Forward	Pearson	0.782	0.828	0.883	0.921	0.951	0.967	0.983	0.990	0.998	1.0
		Spearman	0.812	0.848	0.899	0.922	0.953	0.966	0.981	0.989	0.997	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.821	0.840	0.891	0.913	0.937	0.953	0.972	0.985	0.997	1.0
		Spearman	0.839	0.840	0.886	0.902	0.928	0.945	0.972	0.986	0.996	1.0
3	Forward	Pearson	0.832	0.892	0.916	0.935	0.958	0.975	0.986	0.993	0.998	1.0
		Spearman	0.815	0.894	0.915	0.924	0.950	0.969	0.984	0.992	0.998	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.805	0.813	0.869	0.906	0.915	0.938	0.968	0.986	0.996	1.0
		Spearman	0.812	0.825	0.877	0.909	0.917	0.938	0.966	0.982	0.994	1.0
4	Forward	Pearson	0.797	0.868	0.899	0.929	0.955	0.969	0.985	0.992	0.998	1.0
		Spearman	0.747	0.842	0.885	0.924	0.952	0.965	0.984	0.992	0.997	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.810	0.872	0.899	0.927	0.955	0.961	0.977	0.987	0.996	1.0
		Spearman	0.841	0.894	0.919	0.940	0.961	0.967	0.976	0.987	0.994	1.0
5	Forward	Pearson	0.770	0.840	0.881	0.908	0.942	0.966	0.981	0.988	0.997	1.0
		Spearman	0.734	0.826	0.856	0.890	0.927	0.951	0.972	0.982	0.995	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.786	0.867	0.923	0.945	0.955	0.966	0.982	0.991	0.997	1.0
		Spearman	0.793	0.889	0.922	0.941	0.955	0.960	0.976	0.988	0.996	1.0
Slick	Forward	Pearson	0.721	0.803	0.863	0.905	0.941	0.967	0.983	0.991	0.998	1.0
		Spearman	0.736	0.813	0.865	0.901	0.938	0.966	0.982	0.990	0.997	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.776	0.809	0.872	0.896	0.905	0.928	0.957	0.977	0.994	1.0
		Spearman	0.794	0.818	0.876	0.897	0.907	0.929	0.958	0.976	0.993	1.0
Adlib	Forward	Pearson	0.584	0.664	0.831	0.886	0.931	0.952	0.975	0.988	0.997	1.0
		Spearman	0.536	0.622	0.797	0.860	0.916	0.938	0.964	0.982	0.995	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.832	0.890	0.919	0.940	0.956	0.966	0.979	0.985	0.996	1.0
		Spearman	0.835	0.892	0908	0.929	0.947	0.958	0.973	0.980	0.994	1.0
All	Forward	Pearson	0.750	0.810	0.878	0.915	0.947	0.968	0.983	0.991	0.998	1.0
		Spearman	0.745	0.806	0.876	0.911	0.946	0.966	0.981	0.991	0.997	1.0
	Reverse	Pearson	0.803	0.856	0.893	0.919	0.935	0.949	0.968	0.981	0.995	1.0
		Spearman	0.806	0.858	0.889	0.916	0.931	0.947	0.967	0.978	0.994	1.0

¹Slick-cattle managed with slick bunk feed protocol, adlib-cattle had access to ad libitum feed, all–all groups were combined.

²Forward-records were split into the first F7, F14, F21, F28, F35, F42, F49, F56, F63, and F70 d of the test and reverse-records were split into the last R7, R14, R21, R28, R35, R42, R49, R56, R63, and R70 d of the test.