On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, H.Goudriaan wrote in part:
> - my questionnaire items are measured on 5- and 7-point Likert scales,
> so they're not measured on an interval level
Non sequitur.
> and consequently not (bivariate) normally distributed;
Real data hardly ever is. Do you need it to be? Usually the question of
interest is whether it's close enough to be an adequate approximation for
guv'mint work.
-- DFB.
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