[R] Suitable test for ordinal variable vs continuous variable trend

[Daniel Brewer]

Dear all,

For a population of about 200 I have a continuous variable and an ordinal variable.  The question I would like to ask is whether the continuously increases (or decreases) as the rank of the ordinal variable increases.  I was thinking that a Spearmen's rank correlation or or a chi squared trend might be appropriate.  I don't have any experience dealing with ordinal variables so I am at a bit of a loss.  What is the most appropriate test? and is it implemented in R?

Many thanks


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