Term
|
Definition
| columns of a contingency table; number or columns relate to levels of the category being studied |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rows of a contingency table; number of columns relate to levels of the category being studied |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the row and column totals of the observed frequencies in a contingency table. |
|
|
Term
| rows-by-columns contingency table |
|
Definition
| two-way frequency table: presents the frequency of each category formed by the intersection of the row and column variables in the table. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The frequencies in a contingency table obtained assuming that the two dimensions of the table are independent |
|
|
Term
| nonparametric tests and when they are used |
|
Definition
used when the assumptions of parametric tests are not met:
the population is not normally distributed and the measurement scale used is nominal or ordinal. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| used when we wish to makes inferences from the sample to the population |
|
|
Term
| chi-square test of independence |
|
Definition
| the chi square used when a score is categorized on two independent dimensions |
|
|
Term
| chi square test of for goodness of fit |
|
Definition
| used when a score is categorized on only one dimension |
|
|
