Chapter 6. Comparison of Population Proportions

  1. Chap T. Le Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics Director of Biostatistics

Published Online: 20 MAY 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471308889.ch6

Book Title

Introductory Biostatistics

Introductory Biostatistics

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How to Cite

Le, C. T. (2003) Comparison of Population Proportions, in Introductory Biostatistics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471308889.ch6

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  1. Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 20 MAY 2003
  2. Published Print: 21 MAR 2003

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Print ISBN: 9780471418160

Online ISBN: 9780471308881

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Keywords:

  • one-sample problem;
  • binary data;
  • comparison of proportions;
  • contingency table;
  • chi-square test;
  • pair-matched data;
  • Fisher's exact test;
  • trends;
  • two-way tables

Summary

In this chapter we present basic inferential methods for categorical data, especially the analysis of two-way contingency tables. We begin with the simplest case: that of a one-sample problem with binary data. A problem solving section appears at the end of the chapter.

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