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Chapter 13: Ordinal Dependent Variables

Chapter 13: Ordinal Dependent Variables

pp. 254-268

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, Texas Tech University
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The chapter covers the use of ordinal dependent variables like Likert scale measures for research hypotheses.The Wilcoxon Rank Sum test is described using a public administration example.Students learn how to conduct the rank sum test by hand and with the R Commander.Interpretation and statistical significance are the foci of the R Commander output.The Wilcoxon Signed Rank test is explained as is how it differs from the Rank Sum Test.Instructions for conducting and interpreting the Signed Rank test in the R Commander are included.

Keywords

  • Wilcoxon rank sum test
  • Wilcoxon signed rank test
  • ordinal level dependent variable
  • statistical significance

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