Abstract
A contingency table specifies the joint distribution of a number of discrete variables. The numbers in a contingency table are represented by rectangles of areas proportional to the numbers, with shape and position chosen to expose deviations from independence models. The collection of rectangles for the contingency table is called a mosaic. Mosaics of various types are given for contingency tables of two and more variables.
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Hartigan, J.A., Kleiner, B. (1981). Mosaics for Contingency Tables. In: Eddy, W.F. (eds) Computer Science and Statistics: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Interface. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9464-8_37
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