Abstract
In this article, we provide recommendations for measures of association between two variables, where the type of variable can be continuous, discrete ordinal, or discrete nominal. When there exist confounding effects or tied data, appropriate adjustment should be made. Through the article, examples are provided for illustration.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of Education |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd |
Pages | 260-263 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780080448947 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Agreement
- Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel procedure
- Continuous
- Correlation
- Kappa statistic
- Kendall's tau
- Nominal
- Odds ratio
- Ordinal
- Partial correlation
- Rank correlation