Chi-square test

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Overview

A chi-square test is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution when the null hypothesis is true, or any in which the probability distribution of the test statistic (assuming the null hypothesis is true) can be made to approximate a chi-square distribution as closely as desired by making the sample size large enough.

Specifically, a chi-square test for independence evaluates statistically significant differences between proportions for two or more groups in a data set.

Significance and effect size

In the social sciences, the significance of the chi-square statistic is often given in terms of a p value (e.g., p = 0.05). It is an indication of the likelihood of obtaining a result (0.05 = 5%). As such, it is relatively uninformative. A more helpful accompanying statistic is phi (or Cramer's phi, or Cramer's V).[1] Phi is a measure of association that reports a value for the correlation between the two dichotomous variables compared in a chi-square test (2 × 2). This value gives you an indication of the extent of the relationship between the two variables. Cramer's phi can be used for even larger comparisons. It is a more meaningful measure of the practical significance of the chi-square test and is reported as the effect size.

Chi-square test for contingency table

A chi-square test may be applied on a contingency table for testing a null hypothesis of independence of rows and columns.

Chi Square Calculator

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References

  1. Aaron, B., Kromrey, J. D., & Ferron, J. M. (1998, November). Equating r-based and d-based effect-size indices: Problems with a commonly recommended formula. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED433353)

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