Merced College; Don Power

 

STATISTICS - CH 11, LECTURE

 

Lesson 11.3:  Contingency Tables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHI-SQUARE EXAMPLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingency Table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totals

 

 

 

3

4

7

 

df: (2-1)(2-1)=1

 

7

7

14

 

If α= .05,

Totals

10

11

21

 

   CV = 3.841

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

observed

row total

col total

expected

(o-e)^2/e

 

3

7

10

3.333333

0.033333

 

4

7

11

3.666667

0.030303

 

7

14

10

6.666667

0.016667

 

7

14

11

7.333333

0.015152

 

 

 

 

 

0.095455

sum: chi sqr

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

70

100

33.33333

0.333333

 

40

70

110

36.66667

0.30303

 

70

140

100

66.66667

0.166667

 

70

140

110

73.33333

0.151515

 

 

 

 

 

0.954545

sum: chi sqr

 

 

 

 

 

 

300

700

1000

333.3333

3.333333

 

400

700

1100

366.6667

3.030303

 

700

1400

1000

666.6667

1.666667

 

700

1400

1100

733.3333

1.515152

 

 

 

 

 

9.545455

sum: chi sqr

 

 

 

 

 

 

The point:

 

 

 

 

 

The same proportions, with larger sample sizes, give larger X^2 values

 

 

SAMPLE PROBLEM:

 

Perform a Chi-square (c2) test to determine (at the .05 significance level) whether there is a significant relationship between success in a Physics course and a proposed prerequisite; the following table breaks down the number of Physics students in a test group according to  whether or not they had the proposed prerequisite, and whether or not they succeeded in Physics:

 

 

Successful in Physics

Not successful in Physics

Totals

Student had prerequisite

54

11

65

Student didn’t have prerequisite

8

21

29

Totals

62

32

94

 

 

 

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