Week 5 Forum-Measures of Association. Psychology Coursework

Measures of Association
Name of Student
Institution Affiliation
Measures of Association
FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS * RACE OF RESPONDENT
Directional Measures


Value

Asymp. Std. Errora

Approx. T

Approx. Sig.

Nominal by Nominal

Lambda

Symmetric

.000

.000

.b

.b



FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS Dependent

.000

.000

.b

.b



RACE OF RESPONDENT Dependent

.000

.000

.b

.b


Goodman and Kruskal tau

FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS Dependent

.011

.005


.001c



RACE OF RESPONDENT Dependent

.008

.004


.000c

a. Not assuming the null hypothesis.

b. Cannot be computed because the asymptotic standard error equals zero.

c. Based on chi-square approximation

The table above represents the test of the relationship between one’s preference on gun permits and their race. The test indicates that the measure when the FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS is the dependent variable is 0 (zero). This means that knowing one’s race (RACE OF RESPONDENT) will reduce our error in predicting one's preference on gun permit (DV) by 0%. The score of 0% indicates a very weak relationship between the independent variable (RACE OF RESPONDENT) and the dependent variable (FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS). Further analysis is recommended.
Symmetric Measures


Value

Asymptotic Standard Errora

Approximate Tb

Approximate Significance

Ordinal by Ordinal

Gamma

-.243

.071

-3.554

.000


Spearman Correlation

-.093

.026

-3.359

.001c

Interval by Interval

Pearson's R

-.079

.027

-2.851

.004c

N of Valid Cases

1283




a. Not assuming the null hypothesis.

b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.

c. Based on normal approximation.