For Variables Measured at the Ordinal Level,gamma Measures

question 37

Multiple Choice

For variables measured at the ordinal level,gamma measures

• A)the statistical significance of the relationship.
• B)the proportional reduction in error gained by predicting one variable while taking the other into account.
• C)the relative importance of each variable to the association.
• D)all of the above

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