And similarly, there are more atheist vegetarians than would be expected, and fewer atheist meat eaters. There are more Christian meat eaters than would be expected were the null hypothesis (that the variables are independent) true and fewer Christian vegetarians. If you take a look at the crosstabs table (вЂњEating*Religion CrosstabulationвЂќ), you can easily see that the chi square test result is consistent with the data. To put it simply, the result is significant вЂ“ the data suggests that the variables Religion and Eating are associated with each other. In this case, the p-value is smaller than the standard alpha value, so weвЂ™d reject the null hypothesis that asserts the two variables are independent of each other. The result is significant if this value is equal to or less than the designated alpha level (normally. The p-value appears in the same row in the вЂњAsymptotic Significance (2-sided)вЂќ column (.010). In this example, the value of the chi square statistic is 6.718. The chi square statistic appears in the Value column of the Chi-Square Tests table immediately to the right of вЂњPearson Chi-SquareвЂќ. The results page looks a little complex, but actually isnвЂ™t as baffling as it might at first seem. Note: We have a tutorial that deals in more detail with interpreting a chi square test result. Press OK to generate the chi square statistic and crosstabs table. Then under Counts, select Observed and Expected (which will give you observed and expected values when you run the chi square test). Click on the Cells button in the Crosstabs dialog box. The next stage is not required, but it is recommended. If you also want a measure of effect size, select Phi and CramerвЂ™s V in the same dialog box, and then press Continue, otherwise just press Continue.

Once youвЂ™ve got your variables into their correct boxes, you can set up the chi square test by hitting the Statistics button, and selecting the Chi-square option in the dialog that appears. You can drag and drop, or use the arrows, as above. It doesnвЂ™t matter which variable goes into which box. You need to get one of these variables into the Row box, and the other into the Column box. In our example, itвЂ™s two variables, but if you have more than two, youвЂ™ll need to identify the two you want to test for independence. This will cause the crosstabs dialog to appear. To begin the calculation, click on Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Crosstabs. We want to find out whether the two categorical variables (in this case, Eating and Religion) are associated with each other вЂ“ that is, are they dependent or independent? The chi square test is appropriate for this task. The result will appear in the SPSS output viewerДЄs usual with these quick tutorials, weвЂ™re starting from the assumption that you have already imported your data into SPSS, and youвЂ™re looking at a Data View screen that looks something like this (though with different categorical values, and perhaps additional columns).Press Continue, and then OK to do the chi square test.Click on Statistics, and select Chi-square.Drag and drop (at least) one variable into the Row(s) box, and (at least) one into the Column(s) box.Click on Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Crosstabs.

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