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Interpreting adjusted residuals in Crosstabs cell statistics

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I have just used the Crosstabs procedure to test the independence of two categorical variables. The chi-square statistics were significant, indicating that there is an association among the variables, but the table is larger than 2x2 I had requested the adjusted standardized residuals from among the options in the Cells dialog (or /CELLS subcommand). I need some help interpreting these adjusted residuals. I was told that absolute values of 2.0 or higher for the adjusted residual in a cell indicate that "something is going on" in those cells. Does this mean that the adjusted residuals point us to where the real associations are in a table with a significant chi-square?

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16 April 2020

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