The Analysis of Contingency Tables: A Methodological Exposition

Abstract

The analysis of the information in contingency tables is an aspect of multivariate (multiple variates) analysis with particular application to qualitative or categorical as well as quantitative variables. The analysis is concerned with counts in multiway cross-classifications or multiple contingency tables. Multiway contingency tables, or cross-classifications of vectors of discrete random variables, provide a useful approach to the analysis of multivariate discrete data. The method of analysis presented will bring out the various interrelationships among the classificatory variables in a multiway cross-classification or contingency table in many dimensions. The illustration of the procedure is an application to Marine cohort data considering the relation of boot camp completion on home of record, level of education, and race.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763477

Entities

People

  • S. Kullback

Organizations

  • George Washington University

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Basic Training
  • Chi Square Test
  • Computer Programs
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Information Science
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Military Research
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Random Variables
  • Regression Analysis
  • Surveys

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  • Mathematics

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