Chi-Square

Link to the other page dealing with chi-square.

1. In the Crosstabs window, you need to put the variables that you are examining.  You should use only grouping
            variables, or categorical variables.
        Move one into the rows, and one into columns.
2. Click the statistics button, and then click the radial button for Chi-Square.
3. Click the cells button and make sure you have the radial buttons under Counts (Observed and Expected)
            have been selected.
4. In the output you will get 3 boxes.
        1. Case Processing Summary: Gives you the Sample Size (N), amount of missing cases and
                        the percentages of valid and missing cases.
        2. The next one will be a table consisting of the variable x variable... Crosstabulation:
                This box shows you the frequency of occurrence and what was expected as well as the totals
        3. The final box, Chi-Square Tests: contains the Pearson Chi-Square value, the Degrees of Freedom
                       which is [( # of rows -1) x (# of columns - 1), and the significance level.
                (Please remember to include the counts of observed in your write ups.)


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