Research II: Chi-Square Test For Independence
Research II: Chi-Square Test For Independence
Research II: Chi-Square Test For Independence
Chi-square test
Its objective is to compare the differences of the sample frequencies with the expected
frequencies.
The test is applied when you have two categorical variables from a single population. It is
used to determine whether there is a significant association between two variables.
It is used to (a) goodness-of-fit test, (b) test of independence, and (c) test on difference
among sample proportions.
Chi-square Test for Independence
Involves two variables and to know whether this variables follows a certain distribution
or not.
What is tested is the assumption that the two variables are statistically independent.
Independence implies that knowledge of the category in which an observation is
classified with respect to another variable has no effect on the probability of being in one
of the several categories of the others variables.
Since two variables are involved, the frequencies are entered in a bivariate table or
contingency table.