la hipótesis de tendencia ordinal

English translation: hypothesis that there is an ordinal trend of proportions

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Spanish term or phrase:la hipótesis de tendencia ordinal
English translation:hypothesis that there is an ordinal trend of proportions
Entered by: DLyons

09:33 Oct 20, 2014
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Social Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase: la hipótesis de tendencia ordinal
En el caso de variables ordinales se contrastó la hipótesis de tendencia ordinal de proporciones.

While I can find lots on trends in proportions, I haven't been able to find reference to an ordinal tendency or trend of proportions. So I thought I'd ask you all.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Juliette
ServingMed.com
Netherlands
Local time: 00:43
hypothesis that there is an ordinal trend of proportions
Explanation:
goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(10)01447-0/fulltext

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Note added at 21 mins (2014-10-20 09:54:55 GMT)
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It does sound odd, doesn't it! It's used in cases such as when there is an ordinal categorical variable such as e.g. "task difficulty" coded arbitrarily from 1 = "easy" to 5 = "hard".

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Note added at 29 mins (2014-10-20 10:02:41 GMT)
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P.S. What needs to be understood is that we're dealing with ordinal (and not just categorical) variables.
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DLyons
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Local time: 23:43
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Thanks so much!
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hypothesis that there is an ordinal trend of proportions


Explanation:
goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(10)01447-0/fulltext

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Note added at 21 mins (2014-10-20 09:54:55 GMT)
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It does sound odd, doesn't it! It's used in cases such as when there is an ordinal categorical variable such as e.g. "task difficulty" coded arbitrarily from 1 = "easy" to 5 = "hard".

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Note added at 29 mins (2014-10-20 10:02:41 GMT)
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P.S. What needs to be understood is that we're dealing with ordinal (and not just categorical) variables.

DLyons
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Local time: 23:43
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Thanks so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Am revising a similar text now... finding it hard as I was always a duffer at maths...
23 mins
  -> Thanks neilmac. I could always do Maths - it was only that everything else caused problems :-)

agree  EirTranslations
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Aquamarine76.

agree  Chris Neill: yes, ordinal variables could be according to value, weight, importance or proportions etc
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris.
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