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) Kendall's tau
B) chi-square
C) Spearman's rho
D) Pearson product moment correlation

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Kendall's tau is preferred when a large number of cases fall into a relatively small number of categories because it takes into account ties in the data, whereas Spearman's rho and Pearson product moment correlation do not. Chi-square is not a nonmetric correlation measure, so it is not applicable in this case.

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