Analyzing Rank Order Data
Message posted by Jim V. on April 13, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I am looking for a simple method for analyzing rank order data. Respondents are asked to rank the top five items (1 most important and so on) out of a total of ten items. Any sugggestions.
Please keep it in laymen terms.

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Re: Analyzing Rank Order Data
Message posted by Chad Allen on April 13, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

(1)a Spearman's rank-order correlation (rho) looks at the relationship between a variable which has received a randking and a continuous variable (e.g. could be used to find the relationship between a teacher's ranking of students in her class to the students' actual IQ scores).

(2)a Kendall's rank order correlation (tau) can be used when both variables are ranked (e.g. used to find a correlation between the rankings two judges gave participants in figure skating competition)

Let me know if these were not exactly what you needed.

Re: Analyzing Rank Order Data
Message posted by Chad Allen on April 13, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

(1)a Spearman's rank-order correlation (rho) looks at the relationship between a variable which has received a randking and a continuous variable (e.g. could be used to find the relationship between a teacher's ranking of students in her class to the students' actual IQ scores).

(2)a Kendall's rank order correlation (tau) can be used when both variables are ranked (e.g. used to find a correlation between the rankings two judges gave participants in figure skating competition)

Let me know if these were not exactly what you needed.

Re: Analyzing Rank Order Data
Message posted by Phil Rosenkrantz on April 15, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)