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Wielowymiarowe uogólnienie testu niezależności
Multi-dimensional generalization of the independence test

Author(s): Piotr Sulewski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Methodology and research technology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: statistical methods; mathematical statistics; mathematical models

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the theory of contingency tables with particular emphasis on three-dimension-tables. Their use in statistical surveys is stressed in the article. The three-dimension-table is presented as a chi-square test of independence and its implementation in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) language. In this way, users are provided ready-made procedures and functions for carrying out surveys in Microsoft Excel. It has been examined also the ability of the three-dimension-table to detect the relationship between the measured traits, referred to as the power of the test.

  • Issue Year: 58/2013
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 27-41
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish