Sample Crosstabulation Problems
Prepared by Dr. H. H. Friedman

 

A.  Please note that the degrees of freedom for the crosstabulation is equal to (#Rows - 1) (#Columns - 1)

B.  The expected frequency (theoretical frequency if rows and columns are indeed independent) is equal to the

(row total) x (column total)
n

C. Cramer's coefficient is a measure of association that ranges from 0 to 1.  A Cramer's coefficient of 0 indicates that the calculated chi-square is 0, i.e., the observed frequencies are all equal to the expected frequencies.  This means that the there is perfect independence between the rows and columns and the column variable provides no information about the row variable. A Cramer's coefficient of 1 indicates that the calculated chi-square is the highest possible chi-square value [n(L-1)]; this indicates a perfect relationship between the rows and columns -- the column variable provides perfect information about the row variable.

 

(1)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

  Northeast South West
Chews Gum

100

70 130
Does Not Chew Gum

300

230 70

[Chi-Square with 2 degrees of freedom = 119 and is significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .36]

(2)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

  Region A Region B Region C
Prefer Can

300

190 60
Prefer Glass  Bottle

200

110 40

[Chi-Square with 2 degrees of freedom = .93 and is not significant.  Do not calculate Cramer's coefficient since there is no relationship.]

 

(3)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

  Protestant Catholic Jewish
Been Divorced

400

200 100
Never Divorced

600

500 200

[Chi-Square with 2 degrees of freedom = 24.2 and is  significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .11.]

 

(4)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

  Urban Suburban Rural
Democrat

3000

1500 500
Republican

2000

2500 500

[Chi-Square with 2 degrees of freedom = 450 and is  significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .21.]

 

(5)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

  Latino African American Asian American
Prefer Coffee

150

250 68
Prefer Tea

150

150 132

[Chi-Square with 2 degrees of freedom = 44.11 and is  significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .22.]

 

(6)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

  Protestant Catholic Jewish
Republican

300

110 14
Democrat

200

140 36

[Chi-Square with 2 degrees of freedom = 30.51 and is  significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .20.]

 

(7)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 3 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 7.815.

 

East

West

South

North

Uses Product 6 29 11 16
Non-user of Product 94 71 89 84

[Chi-square with 3 degrees of freedom = 22.4 and is significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .24]

 

(8)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

 

Urban Residents

Suburban Residents

Rural Residents

Democrat 2000 2000 700
Republican 1000 4000 300

[Chi-square with 2 degrees of freedom = 1128 and is significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .34]

 

(9)  Calculate the chi-sqare statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test for significance at the .05 level.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 2 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 5.991.

 

 

Male

Female

Uses Brand A 32 48
Uses Brand B 42 38
Uses Brand C 26 14

[Chi-square with 2 degrees of freedom = 7.0 and is significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .19]

 

(10)  Calculate the chi-square statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data. The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 1 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 3.842.  Test at the .05 level to determine whether two appeals used by telemarketers are statistically different in persuading individuals to buy a certain product.

 

Appeal X -- Telemarketing

Appeal Y--Telemarketing

Bought Product

10

40

Did not Buy Product 90 60

[Chi-square with 1 degree of freedom = 24 and is significant.  Cramer's coefficient is .34]

 

(11)  Calculate the chi-square statistic and the Cramer's coefficient for the following data.  Test at the .05 significance level to determine whether a new test to diagnose whether or not an individual has Alzheimer' disease works.  The Table value for a Chi-square statistic with 1 degrees of freedom at the .05 level is 3.842.

 

Tested Positive

Tested Negative

Has Alzheimer's disease

18

2

Does not have Alzheimer's disease 1 31

[Chi-square with 1 degree of freedom = 40.2 and is significant.  Cramer's coefficient is ..87]