def METHOD_NAME(v1, v2):
    try:
        from scipy.stats import spearmanr
    except ImportError:
        raise RuntimeError("scipy is required to execute this function. Please install it an try again")
    if (v1 == v2).all():
        return 0.0
    else:
        return 1.0 - spearmanr(list(v1), list(v2))[0]