Re: compound variables - kruskall wallis

Posted by Kornbrot, Diana on Nov 19, 2013; 5:06pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/compound-variables-kruskall-wallis-tp5723154p5723161.html

You need ordinal regression also known as plum in spss
Kruskal wallis will not solve your problem


On 19/11/2013 15:43, "Oscar M" <odriscollfm@...> wrote:

Wanting to test a compound variable (i.e. combined 6 variables from a battery
of questions which ask about attitudes to gaming)  against a variable about
frequency of playing games (4 categories). Using kruskall wallis in SPSS but
not sure it is legitimate to use compound variables in this test? Only Non
parametric tests are possible with this data - does not meet any parametric
conditions. All help appreciated.

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