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Writing in
Political Science: Statistics for Bivariate Analysis by Levels of Measurement
By
Daniel Palazzolo, Ph.D.
| Level of Measurement |
Statistical
Procedure |
Measure of Association
(Strength) |
Test of
Significance |
| One
variable is Nominal and the other is Nominal or Ordinal |
Crosstabs
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Lambda,
or Cramer's V |
Chi-Square |
| Both
variables are Ordinal |
Crosstabs
|
Tau
B if # of values are equal
Tau
C if # of values are not equal, or Gamma
|
Chi-Square |
| One
variable is Nominal or Ordinal and one variable is Interval or Ratio |
ANOVA,
or Difference of Means |
Eta-Squared |
T-ratio |
| Both
variables are Interval or Ratio |
Correlation/
Regression |
Pearson
Correlation |
T-ratio |
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