ANALYSIS OF CATEGORICAL DATA

Analyzing Database #1
1.
2.
3.
4.

Open the Financial database.

Click Stat.
From the Stat pulldown menu, click Tables.
From the Tables pulldown menu, click Chisquare Goodness-of-Fit Test (One Way).
5. Click Categorical Data. Then double click
Type. Click Equal Proportions.
6. Click OK.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Open the Hospital database.

Click Stat.
From the Stat pulldown menu, click Tables.
From the Tables pulldown menu, click
Descriptive Statistics.
5. For rows, click Control. For columns, click
Service. Click OK.
6. Open a blank database then input the data you
obtained from #5.

7. From the Tables pulldown menu, click Chisquare Test (Two-way Table in Worksheet).
8. Click Columns containing the table. Then,
double-click Control, 1 and 2. Click OK.

Analyzing Database #2
1.
2.
3.
4.

Open the Manufacture database.

Click Stat.
From the Stat pulldown menu, click Tables.
From the Tables pulldown menu, click Chisquare Goodness-of-Fit Test (One Way).
5. Click the Categorical Data. Then double click
Value of Industrial Shipments. Click Equal
Proportions.
6. Click OK.

Analyzing Database #3

Analyzing Database #4
1.
2.
3.
4.

Open the Consumer Food database.

Click Stat.
From the Stat pulldown menu, click Tables.
From the Tables pulldown menu, click
Descriptive Statistics.
5. For rows, click 'Region: 1 = NE 2 = MW'.
For columns, click 'Location: 1 = Metro
2
='.
6. Open a blank database then input the data you
got from #5.

7. From the Tables pulldown menu, click Chisquare Test (Two-way Table in Worksheet).
8. Click Columns containing the table. Then,
double-click 'Location: 1 = Metro
2 =' and
'Region: 1 = NE 2 = MW'. Click OK.

Conclusion:

Analyzing Database
#1
Analyzing Database
#2
Analyzing Database
#3
Analyzing Database
#4

Critical Value

Chi-Square

12.9916
= 0.05
7.8147
= 0.05
12.592
= 0.05
12.592
= 0.05

7.52
P-Value= 0.275
1.65714
P-Value= 0.647
26.828
P-Value= 0.000
6.613
P-Value= 0.358

Reject or Do not
Reject
Fail to Reject the
Null
Fail to Reject the
Null
Do not Reject

Comment
Uniformly
Distributed
Uniformly
Distributed
Independent

Reject the Null

Dependent