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Advantage of Chi Square

Chi square is a non-parametric statistical test used to determine if differences between observed and expected results are due to chance or not. It is commonly used to analyze bivariate tables to test if two samples differ in some characteristic. Unlike parametric tests, chi square accepts weaker data but can be used in more research contexts. It gives an indication of how much deviation from expected results is likely due to chance alone. Interpreting bivariate tables is important for understanding chi square test results.

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Advantage of Chi Square

Chi square is a non-parametric statistical test used to determine if differences between observed and expected results are due to chance or not. It is commonly used to analyze bivariate tables to test if two samples differ in some characteristic. Unlike parametric tests, chi square accepts weaker data but can be used in more research contexts. It gives an indication of how much deviation from expected results is likely due to chance alone. Interpreting bivariate tables is important for understanding chi square test results.

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Chi square is a non-parametric test of statistical significance for bivariate tabular analysis (also

known as crossbreaks). Any appropriately performed test of statistical significance lets you know
the degree of confidence you can have in accepting or rejecting an hypothesis. Typically, the
hypothesis tested with chi square is whether or not two different samples (of people, texts,
whatever) are different enough in some characteristic or aspect of their behavior that we can
generalize from our samples that the populations from which our samples are drawn are also
different in the behavior or characteristic.
A non-parametric test, like chi square, is a rough estimate of confidence; it accepts weaker, less
accurate data as input than parametric tests (like t-tests and analysis of variance, for example)
and therefore has less status in the pantheon of statistical tests. Nonetheless, its limitations are
also its strengths; because chi square is more 'forgiving' in the data it will accept, it can be used
in a wide variety of research contexts.

Chi square is used most frequently to test the statistical significance of results reported in
bivariate tables, and interpreting bivariate tables is integral to interpreting the results of a chi
square test, so we'll take a look at bivariate tabular (crossbreak) analysis.

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 3 years ago
 Chi square analysis gives an indication of how much deviation from your expected
results is due to chance alone.

You have to know something about staistics and degrees of freedom, but if you've got the
formula down, the concept is pretty straightforward.

A good example is dominant/recessive traits in genetics. If you expect a phenotypic ratio


of 3:1, like simple mendalian genetics predicts in a heterozygote monohybrid cross, and
your observed results show something like a 2.99:1 ratio, then chi-square analysis would
probably show that there is a high probability that the small deviation is because of
chance alone. This gives you confidence that the results are acceptable and there is
nothing out of the ordinary in the experiment. If your observed results were 9:1 and you
expected 3:1, then Chi-square analysis would indicate that there is a very low probability
that the strange results were due to chance alone. In this case, the chi-square ananlysis
raises a red flag to indicate there is something else at play to produce those results. It
could be a evidence of a breakthrough, or it could indicate some problem with the
experiment.
 Source(s):
 college genetics

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