Chi Square Spss Interpretation. The chi square statistic appears in the value column of the chi square tests table immediately to the right of pearson chi square. Since sex has only 2 categories male or female using it as our column variable results in a table that s rather narrow and high.
In the main dialog we ll enter one variable into the r ow s box and the other into c olumn s. One of the problems in interpreting chi square tests is the determination of which cell or cells produced the statistically significant difference. Examination of percentages in the contingency table and expected frequency table can be misleading.
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The chi square tests table. Recall that the crosstabs procedure creates a contingency table or two way table which summarizes the distribution of two categorical variables. In spss the chi square test of independence is an option within the crosstabs procedure. In this example the value of the chi square statistic is 6 718.