Learning Objectives

  • Identify the appropriate sampling distribution to use for a hypothesis test when both the independent and dependent variables are measured at the nominal or ordinal levels.
     
  • Identify the components of a cross-tabulation table.
     
  • Explain how to calculate and interpret the appropriate cell percentages in a cross-tabulation table when you want to determine whether the independent variable affects the dependent variable.
     
  • Conduct and interpret the results of a hypothesis test for the bivariate relationship between a nominal/ordinal independent and dependent variable.
     
  • Describe what a measure of association tells us compared with the chi-square hypothesis test.
     
  • Calculate and interpret measures of association appropriate for both nominal- and ordinal-level variables.