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Cross-tabulation

Meaning in statistics, with examples

nounCommon term

In statistics, cross-tabulation means: A table that shows how the categories of two or more categorical variables combine, with the number of cases in each combination.

In Turkish: çapraz tablo, çapraz tablolama

How it is used

Often shortened to 'crosstab' and also called a contingency table. Used to compare groups (for example answers by gender or region) and as the basis of the chi-square test of independence. Row or column percentages make the table easier to read.

Example sentences

  1. A cross-tabulation of satisfaction by region showed lower scores in the east.

  2. Add column percentages to the cross-tabulation so we can compare the age groups.

Common collocations

  • two-way cross-tabulation
  • contingency table
  • row percentages
  • crosstab by gender
  • categorical variableA variable whose values are groups or labels rather than measured quantities, such as blood type, city of residence or 'yes/no' answers.
  • chi-square testA test used with counts in categories, most often to check whether two categorical variables are related or whether observed frequencies match the expected ones.
  • frequencyThe number of times a value or category occurs in a data set; a relative frequency gives the same information as a proportion or percentage.
  • conditional probabilityThe probability that an event happens given that another event has already happened, written P(A | B) and read 'the probability of A given B'.

More terms: Descriptive Statistics

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