Stage 34 · Statistics

34.7.1 Categorical Variables and Contingency Tables

34.7 Association in Categorical Data: The Test of Independence

Point 1 of 5

34.7.1 Categorical Variables and Contingency Tables

Core idea

Pair "smokes or not" with "sick or not" and fill them into a two-by-two grid, and that grid is called a contingency table

Module goal. Handle paired categorical data, use a contingency table and chi-square to judge whether two traits are related, and carry the inference mindset toward logical judgment, leading into the next stage
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