Exam 12: Bivariate Association for Nominal and Ordinal Level Variables

Lambda compares the number of errors of prediction under two separate rules. In the first rule, the independent variable is________.

A researcher has computed a gamma of -0.45 between marital happiness and number of children. What can she conclude?

Spearman's rho is appropriate for use with________.

A bivariate table has 1843 pairs of cases ranked the same (Ns) and 345 pairs of cases ranked differently (Nd). This is________.

Table 1 shows a relationship between education and support for a policy to restrict immigration to the United States. The relationship between education and opposition is:

"As education increases, income rises." This is an example of a________.

To compute Spearman's rho, we________.

A problem with both Cramer's V and phi is that values between 0.00 and 1.00________.

Which is the correct expression for finding E1?

Is there an association between support for the legalization of marijuana and age? Calculate percentages and an appropriate measure of association for the table below and write a sentence or two assessing the strength and pattern or direction of the relationship.

While ignoring the independent variable, we make 78 errors when predicting the dependent variable. When taking the independent variable into account, we reduce the number of errors to 43. Therefore________.

The characteristic(s) of a relationship between two variables that must be analyzed for a full understanding of the relationship is (are)________.

A researcher can demonstrate a strong association between gender and income. Which variable is independent?

The closer the value of a measure of association is to one,________.

If the maximum difference is greater than 30, the relationship is________.

For a relationship involving education and library use, gamma was +0.37. This relationship is________.

In computing Spearman's rho, the sum of the D column must be________.

Lambda is a PRE measure that is used when variables are measured at the________.

For variables measured at the nominal level, measures of association will have a lower limit of _______ and an upper limit of _______.

A researcher tested the relationship between occupational prestige and level of approval of a proposal to ban handguns in the state, and found a gamma of -0.17. This means that________.