Chi-Square Tests: SIGTEST Subcommand (CTABLES command)

 /SIGTEST TYPE= CHISQUARE  ALPHA= {0.05              }
                                  {significance level}

          INCLUDEMRSETS={YES**}
                        {NO   }

          CATEGORIES={ALLVISIBLE**}
                     {SUBTOTALS   }

The SIGTEST subcommand has the following specifications:

TYPE. Type of significance test. The specification is required. The only current choice is CHISQUARE.

ALPHA. Significance level for the test. The specification must be greater than 0 and less than 1. The default is 0.05.

INCLUDEMRSETS. Include multiple response variables in tests. If there are no multiple response sets, this keyword is ignored. If INCLUDEMRSETS=YES and COUNTDUPLICATES=YES on the MRSETS subcommand, multiple response sets are suppressed with a warning.

CATEGORIES. Replacing categories with subtotals for testing. If SUBTOTALS is specified, each subtotal replaces its categories for significance testing. If ALLVISIBLE is specified, only subtotals that are specified by using the HSUBTOTAL keyword replace their categories for testing.

Significance tests are not computed for post-computed categories specified on the PCOMPUTE subcommand.

Example

CTABLES /TABLE AGECAT BY MARITAL
  /CATEGORIES VARIABLES=AGECAT MARITAL TOTAL=YES
  /SIGTEST TYPE=CHISQUARE.
Figure 1. Crosstabulation of two categorical variables
Crosstabulation of two categorical variables
Figure 2. Chi-square test for crosstabulation
Chi-square test for crosstabulation