Date:         Fri, 24 May 2002 17:16:37 +0200
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From:         Asesoría Bioestadística
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Subject:      Re: eta value
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Hi JOanne:

It's just that SPSS doesn't know which one is the interval (dependent)
variable, so it calculates 2 values. Ignore one.

Regards

Marta

"Joanne Kraenzle Schneider, PhD., RN" ha escrito:

> Dear Listers,
>
> I want to examine the relationship between a nominal variable and an
> interval variable. I am using eta under the crosstabs command. I do not
> know what the two values mean.
>
> Directional Measures
>
> Value
> Nominal by Interval     Eta     HEALTRES Dependent    .184
>                                              MARSTAT2 Dependent   .401
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Joanne Schneider