Re: compound variables - kruskall wallis

Posted by Oscar M on Nov 19, 2013; 7:11pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/compound-variables-kruskall-wallis-tp5723154p5723165.html

Thanks Diana

 

Can you or anyone else tell me why Kruskal Wallis is not OK in this case?

 

Thanks

 

From: Kornbrot, Diana [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 19 November 2013 17:06
To: Oscar M
Cc: SPSSX(r) Discussion
Subject: Re: compound variables - kruskall wallis

 

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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