Chi square

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About

Allows the significance of differences between two independent groups to be determined where the frequencies of discrete categories are known. The measurements require no more than nominal scaling.

Requires

Y variables to be analysed. No missing values are allowed in the data.

Features

A Yates correction is carried out if the data are from a two-by-two matrix.

Completely empty rows are ignored

Parameters

Chi-squared dialog

Variables

Select two or more Y variables (See Selecting multiple variables for details).

Options

Subtitle

Allows you to specify an optional subtitle which will be included in the statistical output.

Filters

Chi-squared dialog

Allows you to select rows for analysis based upon conditions in other variables (See Filtering datasets for details)

Buttons

?

Opens the help system for this dialog.

Dataset…

Sends the output from this analysis to a new OxonStat Dataset. See Dataset output for more details.

Print…

Sends the output from this analysis to a printer.

Cancel

Cancels the analysis and closes the dialog.

Screen…

Displays the output from this analysis in the Results window.

Sample output

OxonStat20:48, 12 Aug 2023

Variables:Weight_1 and Height
Subtitle:<none>
Statistic:Chi-squared
Dataset:OxonStat Demo
Range:Row 1 [Green] to Row 38 [Hall]
Filter:<no filter>
Size:2 by 38

Chi-Squareddfp
104.72837<0.0001