Nonparametric Measures of Association

by Jean Dickinson Gibbons

Book Overview

When analyzing data, how should the relationship between two or more sets of observations be described, that is, values of two or more variables, when the variables are ordinal and not bivariate normal? Aimed at helping the researcher select the most appropriate measure of association for two or more variables, the author clearly describes such techniques as Spearman′s rho, Kendall′s tau, Goodman and Kruskals′ gamma and Somer′s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803946643
• ISBN13: 9780803946644
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"