Analyzing The Relationship Between Two Variables

CROSSTABS Association between two discrete variables
CORRELATION Association between two continuous variables
PARTIAL CORR Association between two continuous variables with one or more control variables
PLOT Graphic display of association for two continuous variables
MEANS Computes means for a continuous variable by discrete variable groups
T-TEST Test for difference of means for a continuous variable between two groups
ONEWAY Analysis of variance (difference of means for more than two groups)

Dependent Variable

Independent Variable

Discrete

Continuous

Discrete

Crosstabs

 

Continuous

Means

Correlation

T-Test

Plot

Oneway

Partial Correlation

ANOVA

Regression

Last updated July 17, 1997:  

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