Chapter 10  Categorical Data

Introduction

Comparing Proportions

Rearranging Rows and Columns in a Table

Tables with Expected Values Less Than 5 (Fisher’s Exact Test)

Computing Chi-Square from Frequency Data

Using a Chi-Square Macro

A Short-Cut Method for Requesting Multiple Tables

Computing Coefficient Kappa—A Test of Agreement

Computing Tests for Trends

Computing Chi-Square for One-Way Tables

Conclusions

Introduction

This chapter deals with categorical data analysis. You will learn how to compare proportions using the chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. You can use these tests with data in which each observation represents a single subject or with data that consists of frequency counts. To this end, a program and a useful SAS macro (don’t ...

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