Testing for a Relationship Between 2 Categorical Variables

11/17/99


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Testing for a Relationship Between 2 Categorical Variables

Rel’nship between owning a bike and having a significant other?

Our Hypotheses

What would the table look like if there was no relationship?

Are observed counts very different from expected counts?

Are observed counts very different from expected counts?

The P-value

Rel’nship between owning a bike and having a significant other?

Chi-Square Test in Minitab when data are not summarized

Chi-Square Test in Minitab when data are summarized

Miscellaneous issues

Rel’nship between owning a bike and having a significant other?

Relationship between Z test and chi-square test

Rel’nship between owning bike and having a significant other?

If test suggests relationship exists...

Ah, those darn assumptions ...

Author: Laura J. Simon

Email: lsimon@stat.psu.edu

Home Page: http://www.stat.psu.edu/~lsimon/stat250/fa99/admin/

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