Ordinal scale and statistics in medical research.
- 22 February 1986
- Vol. 292 (6519), 537-538
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.292.6519.537
Abstract
A survey of the 1982 editions of 12 medical journals showed that in at least 70% of 175 papers employing ordinal measurement scales, statistical methods were used, which do, in fact, assume a more refined measurement scale. Non-parametric methods suited for analysis of ordinal data are listed.Keywords
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