Yes, I think you're right. A bit like a manova
Tony
Peter A. Lachenbruch
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
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Jay
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:24 PM
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Subject: st: RE: RE: Correlation coefficient between discrete and
continuous variables
Tony Lachenbruch wrote:
>>When the discrete variable is a dichotomy, the test for the
correlation
is the same as the two-sample t-test with the dichotomy as the 'by'
variable. I've never looked at the case for discrete variables with k
categories. A little algebra could be fun and illuminating... (or
not)>>
Isn't this going to be a special case of discriminant analysis with one
continuous predictor?
JV
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