Hi, I am new to statistics and working on a project as part of a psychology degree. The project involves observing a parent and child interacting and trying to determine if there is correlation between the parent gesturing and the child gesturing. Data is presented as follows.
Parent gesture - 2 Child gesture - 4
Parent gesture - 12 Child gesture - 15
Parent gesture - 14 Child gesture - 19
Parent gesture - 9 Child gesture - 9
etc
The correlation piece I can figure out but I am struggling as to whether the data set is ordinal or categorical. My thought is the data is ordinal since the mother that gestures the most has the child that gestures the most so there is order. Am I correct in my assumption?
Thanks in advance for any guidance.
Parent gesture - 2 Child gesture - 4
Parent gesture - 12 Child gesture - 15
Parent gesture - 14 Child gesture - 19
Parent gesture - 9 Child gesture - 9
etc
The correlation piece I can figure out but I am struggling as to whether the data set is ordinal or categorical. My thought is the data is ordinal since the mother that gestures the most has the child that gestures the most so there is order. Am I correct in my assumption?
Thanks in advance for any guidance.