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Measures of Association Using SPSS: Kendall's Tau

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About This Course

Welcome to Measures of Association: Kendall's Tau Using IBM SPSS Statistics, a comprehensive course designed to help you understand and apply Measures of Association with a special focus on Kendall's Tau coefficients. Whether you are a student, researcher, academic, or data analyst, this course provides the conceptual knowledge and practical skills required to measure the strength and direction of relationships between ordinal variables using IBM SPSS Statistics.


The course begins with the fundamentals of measures of association, explaining when and why they are used in research. You will then explore the concepts, assumptions, calculations, and interpretations of Kendall's Tau-a, Kendall's Tau-b, Kendall's Tau-c, and Kendall's W (Coefficient of Concordance). Through step-by-step demonstrations in SPSS, you will learn how to perform the analyses, interpret statistical outputs, and report the results according to accepted academic and research standards.


By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to apply Kendall's Tau measures appropriately and use them effectively in research, dissertations, theses, and professional data analysis.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the concepts, assumptions, and applications of Measures of Association.

Perform and interpret Kendall's Tau-a, Tau-b, and Tau-c using IBM SPSS Statistics.

Apply Kendall's W (Coefficient of Concordance) to assess agreement among raters.

Select the appropriate Kendall's coefficient for different research scenarios.

Report and interpret Measures of Association results in a professional and research-standard format.

Curriculum

5 Sections • 24 Lectures
What is Difference between Association and Correlation?
5:44
Understanding Concordant and Discordant Pairs
10:27
Understanding Pairs by Column and Rows Calculation
4:43
Dataset and Resources
0:07
Introduction to Kendall's Tau
0:40
When to Use Kendall's Tau instead of Spearman's Rho?
3:24
Assumptions of Kendall's Tau
5:21
Range and Interpretation of Kendall's Tau
1:06
Types of Kendall's Tau Coefficients: Tau a, Tau b, Tau c & Kendall's W
0:59
Kendall's Tau a: Concept, When to Use and Formula
2:40
Kendall's Tau b and Tau c: Introduction and When to Use?
2:58
Kendall's Tau b Formula
0:56
Kendall's Tau c: Formula and When to Use?
1:40
Kendall's Tau a, Tau b, Tau c, and Kendall's W: A Comparison of Usage
2:26
Kendall's Tau b in SPSS: Checking Tied Ranks
1:19
APA Style Reporting of Kendall's Tau b Results
1:55
Kendall's Tau c: Assumption Checking
3:35
Kendall's Tau c: Calculation and Interpretation in SPSS
3:58
Kendall's Tau c: APA Style Reporting
1:03
Kendall's W: Introduction and When to Use
4:53
Kendall's W: Understanding the Formula
1:15
Kendall's W in SPSS (using Non-Parametric Auto-Dialogue Box)
5:48
Kendall's W in SPSS (using Non-Parametric Legacy Dialogue Box)
4:53
APA Style Output Reporting of Kendall's W
3:10
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