A researcher is interested in the relationship between social class (measured as upper, middle, or lower) and support (measured as strong, moderate, or weak) for a program of welfare reform. An appropriate measure of association for these two variables would be
Here, Social class and Support are two categorical variables.
And
We know that,
The chi-square test for association (contingency) is a standard measure for association between two categorical variables.
Hence,
Chi-square test for association is the appropriate measure of association.
Thank you.
A researcher is interested in the relationship between social class (measured as upper, middle, or lower)...
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