March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
19h 35m
English
Contingency tables are used to examine the relationship between a subject's scores on two qualitative or categorical variables. They show the actual and expected distribution of cases in a cross-tabulated (pivoted) format for the two variables. The following table is an example of an actual (or observed) and expected distribution of cases over the Occupation column (on rows) and the MaritalStatus column (on columns):
|
Occupation/MaritalStatus |
Married |
Single |
Total |
|
Clerical Actual Expected |
4,745 4,946 |
4,388 4,187 |
9,133 9,133 |
|
Professional Actual Expected |
5,266 5,065 |
4,085 4,286 |
9,351 9,351 |
|
Total Actual Expected |
10,011 10,111 |
8,473 8,473 |
18,484 18,484 |
If the two variables ...