[R] correlation between nominal and ordinal

[David Winsemius]

> On Sep 2, 2017, at 3:41 AM, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> hi merlin,
> Check out the hetcor package.


I found a hetcor function in the polycor package.

Another method might be to use the lrm function in the rms package. It supports proportional odds ordinal logistic regression models.

-- 
David.


> 
> Jim
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> On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 6:25 AM,  <merlinverdecia at infomed.sld.cu> wrote:
>> I would be very grateful if you would tell me how I can find the degree of
>> correlation between a nominal dependent variable and an independent ordinal
>> variable. The nominal variable has only two levels: YES and NO.
>> thank you very much in advance
>> regards,
>> merlin
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