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Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

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Page 1: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

Does your rank ordered data have ties?

Page 2: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

The question before you at this point is:

“Are there ties among the rank ordered data I’m working with or not?”

Page 3: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

The question before you at this point is:

“Are there ties among the rank ordered data I’m working with or not?”

Page 4: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

Your options of course are:

Page 5: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

Your options of course are:

There are NO TIES

There are TIES

Page 6: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

Let’s consider an example:

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You have been asked to determine if gender and spelling bee competition rankings are independent of one another.

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You have been asked to determine if gender and spelling bee competition rankings are independent of one another.

Spelling Bee Participants

Gender Spelling Bee Rank

A 1 6th

B 2 6th

C 2 4th

D 2 2nd

E 1 7th

F 1 1st

G 2 3rd

Page 9: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

You have been asked to determine if gender and spelling bee competition rankings are independent of one another.

Spelling Bee Participants

Gender Spelling Bee Rank

A 1 6th

B 2 6th

C 2 4th

D 2 2nd

E 1 7th

F 1 1st

G 2 3rd

Notice that these two

spelling bee participants have a tied

ranking

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When the rankings are tied you will use a statistical method called Kendall’s Tau.

Page 11: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

When the rankings are tied you will use a statistical method called Kendall’s Tau.

Spelling Bee Rank

6th

6th

4th

Page 12: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

When the rankings are tied you will use a statistical method called Kendall’s Tau.

When the rankings are not tied you will use a statistical method called Spearman’s Rho.

Spelling Bee Rank

6th

5th

4th

Spelling Bee Rank

6th

6th

4th

Page 13: Are their Ties or No Ties (independence)?

Which option would be most appropriate for the data set you are working with:

There are NO TIES

There are TIES