In examining the support for Affirmative Action by racial or ethnic group, a researcher finds support with Cramer's V but not lambda. Why might this be?

a. lambda can be misleading depending on varying row totals.
b. it is likely lambda was being applied to an inappropriate level of measurement.
c. the researcher made a mathematical error: the two measures are always consistent.
d. the two measures test for different things.


ANSWER: a

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