RE: st: Can Spearman's rho be used to measure of the degree of association between two binary variables ?

[Marcos Vinicius <bioestatistico@inbox.com>]

Thank you for the answers.
I was wondering if someone could give a yes/no answer.
Thanks,
Marcos
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> Cam
> 
>> Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:31:52 -0800
>> From: bioestatistico@inbox.com
>> Subject: st: Can Spearman's rho be used to measure of the degree of
>> association  between two binary variables ?
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> 
>> Hello,
>> Can Spearman's rho be used to measure of the degree of association
>> between two binary variables ?
>> I was wondering if Spearman's rho could be adequate  because I have used
>> the phi coefficient to quantify association among several  binary
>> variables and the results are identifical compared with Spearman's rho
>> coefficient .
>> Best regards,
>> Marcos Vinicius
>> 
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