A significant minimization of Pearson’s X2 statistics in 2x2 contingency tables: preliminary results for small samples

The Pearson’s chi-square test or X2 test represents a nonparametric test more used in Medicine, Biology and Social Sciences, but it introduces some error for 2x2 contingency tables, therefore Yates introduces a continuity correction. This correction produces a very conservative result of X2 statisti...

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Main Author: Nicola Serra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2018-09-01
Series:Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Online Access:https://ebph.it/article/view/12949
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