Re: [R] Suitable test for ordinal variable vs continuous variable trend

2010-12-02 Thread Greg Snow
] On Behalf Of Daniel Brewer > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:17 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Suitable test for ordinal variable vs continuous variable > trend > > Dear all, > > For a population of about 200 I have a continuous variable and an > ord

[R] Suitable test for ordinal variable vs continuous variable trend

2010-12-02 Thread Daniel Brewer
Dear all, For a population of about 200 I have a continuous variable and an ordinal variable. The question I would like to ask is whether the continuously increases (or decreases) as the rank of the ordinal variable increases. I was thinking that a Spearmen's rank correlation or or a chi squa