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Voted in Election by Education

  1. no diploma 2. HS diploma 3. no degree 4. AA degree 5. Coll degree 6. Adv degree Total
1. voted
102
8.7%
55.7%
317
27.1%
69.4%
228
19.5%
80.6%
114
9.8%
80.9%
260
22.2%
88.4%
148
12.7%
91.9%
1169
100%
77.0%
2. no vote
81
23.1%
44.3%
140
40.%
30.6%
55
15.7%
19.4%
27
7.7%
19.1%
34
9.7%
11.6%
13
3.7%
8.1%
350
100%
23.0%
Totals
183
12.0%
100%
457
30.1%
100%
283
18.6%
100%
141
9.3%
100%
294
19.4%
100%
161
10.6%
100%
1519
100%
100%
 
Chi-Square Tests
 
Value
df
Asymp.Sig.
Pearson Chi-Square
106.791
5
.000
 
 
Symmetric Measures
 
Value
Asymp.
Std. Error
Approx. T
Approx.
Sig.
Ordinal by Ordinal
Kendall's tau-c
-.247
.024
-10.490
.000
 

Translating Kendall's tau and Cramer's V Values: (Be extremely wary of positive and negative correlations. SPSSX doesn't know whether they make sense or not. It simply notes whether the dependent variable's values rise with the independent variable's values.)

The appropriate phrase for Kendall's tau and Cramer's V values:
.50 or higher a very strong relationship
.36 to .49 a substantial relationship
.20 to .35 a moderate relationship
.10 to .19 a low relationship
.00 no relationship

Remember: You are expected to use both Chi-square and Kendall's tau or Cramer's V (whichever is appropriate) to characterize every relationship you test.

 

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Questions and comments: Hampden Smith
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