Lesson 13 Flashcards

1
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How variable is related to some other variable

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Measures of Association and correlation

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2
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  • Answers the question “Is there some sort of relationship?”
  • Also called bivariate tables/RxC tables
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Contingency Table

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Elements of Contingency Table

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  1. Title (variables, year, source)
  2. Column variables
  3. Row variables
  4. Column marginals - subtotals
  5. Row marginals - subtotals of row variables
  6. Grand total
  7. Source
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4
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Values of ___? variables can be explained by the variables of independent variables

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Dependent

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5
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For ____? variables, the order of categories depends on personal preference

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Nominal

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6
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Modelling Relationships between 2 Variables

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  1. One-Way Direct Relationship
  2. Two-Way Direct Relationship
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7
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The variable is “controlled for” when we take into account its effect on variables in the bivariate relationship

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Control Variable

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8
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If there’s a change in direction between the relationship of 2 variables, there exist a different type of variable (T or F)

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T

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9
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Possible conclusions when a 3rd variable is introduced?

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  • A direct relationship still exist (the third effect has no effect
  • A spurious or intervening relationship exists
  • A condition relationship exists
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10
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Types of Relationship

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  1. Direct Relationship
  2. Spurious Relationship
  3. Intervening Relationship
  4. Conditional Relationship
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11
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Type of relationship where when we introduce a variable, there is no direct relationship between IV and DV

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Spurious Relationship

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12
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Type of relationship where we cannot directly explain the other variable and must be defined first

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Conditional Relationship

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13
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Summary measure that reflects the strength of the relationship between two variables (how strong the relationship between two variables)

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Measures of Association

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14
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The closer the measure to 1, the ??? the association

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Stronger

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15
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If measures equals 0, there is ??? between the two variables

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No relationship

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16
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The sign of the measure indicates whether the relationship is positive or negative.

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Direction

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17
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Types of Measures of Association where the value of the measure is the same regardless of which variable is the IV or DV

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Symmetric Measure

18
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Types of Measures of Association where the value of the measure may vary depending on which variable is assigned as the IV or the DV

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Asymmetric Measure

19
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Different Methods of Association for Nominal Variables

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  1. Phi
  2. Cramer’s V
  3. Lambda
  4. T^2
  5. Contingency Coefficient, C
  6. Tetrachoric Correlation, rtet
  7. Rank Biserial Correlation, rrb
20
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  • Used to measure association between nominal variables in 2x2 Contingency Tables.
  • Adjusts the chi-square statistic by the sample size
  • Both IV and DV have 2 categories
  • For 2x2 tables, the Value ranges from 0 (No association) to 1 (Perfect Association)
  • For larger tables, the generated value exceeds 1, making it harder to interpret
21
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  • Appropriate for testing the relationship between nominal variables in table of any size
  • Easy to derive once the x^2 test statistic has already been computed
  • Has an upper limit of 1, regardless of the size of the table
  • Has a major issue like Phi where there is no meaningful interpretation for values between the extreme values of 0 and 1.
  • Not sensitive to sample size
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Cramer’s V

22
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Different Methods of Association for Ordinal Variables

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  1. Spearman’s Rho
  2. Gamma
  3. Somer’s d
  4. Kendall’s tau (tau-b)
23
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  • Appropriate for ordinal variables that are continuous in form and have a broad range of different scores and few ties between cases on either variables.
  • Shows the level of agreement or consistency in the rankings between the two variables.
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Spearman’s Rho

24
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Property of Spearman’s Rho that states there are no disagreement in ranks between the two variables (Rs = +1)

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Perfect Positive Association

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Property of Spearman's Rho that states there are perfect disagreement in ranks between the two variables (Rs = -1)
Perfect Negative Association
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Rs^2 indicates the ___? of prediction when predicting the rank of one variable based on the range of another variable
Proportional Reduction in Errors
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Use this method when the level of measurement is nominal and have two dichotomous variables
Phi
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Use this method when the level of measurement is nominal and have two variables with any number of categories
Cramer's V
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Use this method when the level of measurement is nominal and have two variables with any number of categories (but IV and DV must be specified)
Lambda
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Use this method when the level of measurement is ordinal and have ranked data (If one is inherently ordinal and the other is interval/ratio, both must be expressed into ranks prior to the computation)
Spearman's Rho
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Use this method when the level of measurement is ordinal and have data with several tied observations
Gamma
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Use this method when the level of measurement is ordinal and have IV and DV that have equal number of categories
Kendall's Tau
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Use this method when the level of measurement is interval/ratio (both scales are interval/ratio)
Pearson's R
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Refer to categorical/nominal variables or ordinal (shows the strength or if related)
Measures of Association
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Use of measures to evaluate whether variables are contemporaneous, covary, or coexist in space/ or time.
Correlation
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Correlation = Causation (T or F)
F whahaha
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Cases obtaining high scores on one variable tend to obtain high scores on the second variable (High-High)
Positive Relationship
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Cases obtaining high scores on one variable tend to obtain low scores on the second variable (High-Low)
Negative Relationship
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___? Correlation does not indicate a cause and effect relationship between variables
High
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Failure to find relationship between the variables may be due to:
- The variables are in fact, not related - The variables are related but in a non-linear manner - The range of values is one or both variables is restricted (truncated)