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Chi-Square Test and Its Application

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In survey research, mainly two types of hypothesis are tested. One may test goodness of fit for a single attribute or may like to test the significance of association between any two attributes. To test an equal occurrence hypothesis, it is required to tabulate the observed frequency for each variable. The chi-square statistic in “nonparametric” section of SPSS may be used to test the hypothesis of equal occurrence.

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Verma, J.P. (2013). Chi-Square Test and Its Application. In: Data Analysis in Management with SPSS Software. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0786-3_3

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