Re: Non-parametric test- which one to use?

Posted by David Marso on Nov 29, 2011; 6:24pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Non-parametric-test-which-one-to-use-tp5031054p5033217.html

I suspect MOST will agree that dichotomizing the empathy score is a truly HORRIBLE idea!
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claire wrote

Dear experts,

I am not sure which test I am supposed to use and was wondering whether anyone could guide me.

DATA:

Subjects chose among 'angry', 'neutral', 'sad', 'happy', and 'fear' when they were viewing angry faces (multiple times). Their empathy scores were also assessed.

MY QUESTION:

I would like to see whether people with high empathy scores (divided by the median score) and low empathy scores differed in the number of or the proportion of their responses, 'anger' and 'neutral' for the angry faces. For instance, if our hypothesis is correct, I would like to say that low empathic people rate angry faces as 'neutral' more frequently than highly empathic people...

Which test would you recommend that I use?

Thanks,
Claire