You don't mention the other variables to which this is to be related. If you planned to do a correlation between this variable and another interval variable, a Spearman rank order could be used. If the other variable is a nominal grouping variable, another non parametric procedure could be used, depending on the number of groups.
Rick Rick Froman [email protected] > On Nov 11, 2013, at 12:02 PM, "Michael Britt" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I did a survey which asked respondents how satisfied they are in their > current (romantic) relationship on a 1=10 point scale (where 10="very > satisfied). While there was some variation, not surprisingly, the results > are strongly negatively skewed. That makes sense - most people are probably > satisfied with their relationships or they would leave the other person (or > there's some form of cognitive dissonance going on, but that's not my > question. > > No matter how big the sample size (mine was 160 respondents) I assume you'll > always get a skewed distribution on a question like this so wouldn't I be > breaking the normalization assumption if I were to do correlations using > these results? I assume I could either do: a) do some kind of > transformation - but I've never done one before so I’m not familiar with it, > or b) recode the data into 3 categories (perhaps 1-5 is low satisfaction, 6-7 > is moderate and 8-10 is high) and do a chi-squre instead of a correlation. > > Any thoughts? Appreciate it. > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=30023 > or send a blank email to > leave-30023-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=30028 or send a blank email to leave-30028-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
