Chapter 13: Inferential Statistics and Distributions
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c
2
-Test
c
2
-Test
(chi-square test; item
C
) computes a chi-square test for association on the two-way table of
counts in the specified
Observed
matrix. The null hypothesis H
0
for a two-way table is: no
association exists between row variables and column variables. The alternative hypothesis is: the
variables are related.
Before computing a
c
2
-Test, enter the observed counts in a matrix. Enter that matrix variable
name at the
Observed:
prompt in the
c
2
.
Test editor; default=
[A]
. At the
Expected:
prompt, enter the
matrix variable name to which you want the computed expected counts to be stored; default=
[B]
.
Matrix
editor:
Note:
Press
y ú ~ ~
1
to
select
1:[A]
from the
MATRX EDIT
menu.
Input:
Note:
Press
y
ú
†]
Í
to
display matrix
[B]
.
Calculated
results:
Drawn results:
