How do you correlate binary & ordinal variables?

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Which test to use to calculate correlations between them?

Cramer's V,
Kruskal-Wallis,
or something else?

Are you wondering how such correlations are calculated (ie, how to arrive at the number), how they are tested (ie, if they could have come from a population w/o any correlation), or what they mean? — gung - Reinstate Monica, May 28 '14 at 23:33

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:44

Cramér's V and the Kruskal–Wallis test are for nominal data; the latter is a null hypothesis test, not a correlation. If you want to calculate the correlation between a dichotomous variable and an ordinal variable, you could use Kendall's $\tau$, the Goodman–Kruskal $\gamma$, or Spearman's $\rho$ (listed in the order in which I'd recommend them, I suppose). If you're estimating population parameters, you can also generate confidence intervals around these statistics or perform null hypothesis tests if you wish.
For some comparisons and a conversion method, see:

@user46343: was there anything else you wanted to know, or is my answer acceptable? — Nick Stauner, May 30 '14 at 20:55

How do you correlate binary & ordinal variables?

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