Choose the most appropriate answer to fill in the blank. The chi-square test for independence requires ________ data.
Select one:
a. continuous
b. count
c. normal
d. very little
The chi-square test for independence requires count data.
Note :
The assumptions about the data in Chi-square test of independence:
1) The level of measurement of all the variables is nominal or ordinal.
2) The distribution of the data was seriously skewed or kurtotic (parametric tests assume approximately normal distribution of the dependent variable), and thus the researcher must use a distribution free statistic rather than a parametric statistic.
3) The data in the cells should be frequencies, or counts of cases rather than percentages or some other transformation of the data.
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