When considering nonmetric correlation,as a rule of thumb,________ is to be preferred when a large number of cases fall into a relatively small number of categories (thereby leading to a large number of ties).
A)Spearman's rho
B)Kendall's tau
C)chi-square
D)Pearson product moment correlation

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Kendall's tau is preferred when there are many ties in the data because it adjusts for ties in a way that Spearman's rho does not. Chi-square and Pearson product moment correlation are not appropriate for nonmetric data.

When Considering Nonmetric Correlation,as a Rule of Thumb,________ Is to Be