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Nonparametric Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Nonparametric Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences

by M. Kraska-MIller
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
260 pages
8h 14m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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76 Nonparametric Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Applying the formula, we have:
213
1
2
7(71)
1
26
21
1 1.238 1 0.238
τ=
×
=−=−=
A tau correlation coefcient of 0.238 shows a positive, but weak, relation-
ship between job satisfaction and self concept. Nevertheless, the analyst
is interested in whether the correlation is statistically signicant.
Let us use SPSS to calculate tau and the statistical signicance for these
data. SPSS does not require that the data be entered in rank order; nor is
it necessary to be concerned with tied ranks. If the data are on a continu-
ous or ratio scale, SPSS automatically ranks them. The data in Table3.4 ...
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