Anne Has Two Ordinal-Level Variables in a Data Set

question 72

Multiple Choice

Anne has two ordinal-level variables in a data set. Which of the following should she use to calculate a correlation between these two variables?

• A) Spearman rho
• B) Pearson r
• C) Alpha coefficient
• D) Kappa tau

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