Chapter 2. Describing Contingency Tables

  1. Alan Agresti

Published Online: 26 MAR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471249688.ch2

Book Title

Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition

Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Agresti, A. (2003) Describing Contingency Tables, in Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471249688.ch2

Author Information

  1. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 26 MAR 2003
  2. Published Print: 3 JUL 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471360933

Online ISBN: 9780471249689

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Keywords:

  • odds ratio;
  • relative risk;
  • independence;
  • conditional independence;
  • contingency tables;
  • gamma;
  • nominal variables;
  • ordinal variables

Summary

Chapter 2 introduces measures for describing contingency tables, with emphasis on 2-by-2 tables but also discussion of measures for I-by-J tables and multiway tables. It discusses the odds ratio, relative risk, and difference of proportions. It introduces the concepts of independence in two-way contingency tables, conditional independence in three-way tables, and shows that partial associations in multi-way tables can be quite different than in the corresponding marginal tables.

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