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### correlation between a continous variable and categorical variable? [duplicate]

I have a large data set with several columns. One of columns are continous and another one is categorical. Can you find the correlation between those columns?
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### Correlation between occupational status and knowledge [duplicate]

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I have a dataframe with many observations and many variables. Some of them are categorical (unordered) and the others are numerical. I'm looking for associations between these variables. I've been ...
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I have data that has eta squared values and partial eta squared values calculated as a measure of effect size for group mean differences. What is the difference between eta squared and partial eta ...
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### How do I study the “correlation” between a continuous variable and a categorical variable?

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This is a little bit of a gut check, please do help me see if I'm misunderstanding this concept, and in what way. I have a functional understanding of correlation but I'm feeling a little grasping-at-...
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### Correlation coefficient for non-dichotomous nominal variable and ordinal or numeric variable

I've already read all the pages in this site trying to find the answer to my problem but no one seems to be the right one form me... First I explain you the kind of data I'm working with... Let's ...
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I have a dataset with over 20 variables. Some of them are numerical and some of them are categorical: ...
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My study is about the correlation of the person's gender and his or her score in a questionnaire about gender stereotyping. The higher the score in the questionnaire means he or she gender stereotypes ...
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### Spearman's rho for nominal / metrical data [closed]

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I encountered a weird effect when computing eta squared in ANOVA. Here is a short simulation to demonstrate it. I simulate $k$ groups with $n=10$ each, with all values drawn from standard normal ...