When measuring the association between a nominal level independent variable and an ordinal dependent variable, which measure of association would you use? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
(i) Cramer’s V or lambda; (ii) you would use Cramer’s V or lambda because the variable with the lower level of measurement cannot fulfill the assumptions made for the variable with the higher measure. Therefore, you would choose the measure of association appropriate for the lower level variable.
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