Tests of Significance for 2 × 2 Contingency Tables

Fisher's exact test, and the approximation to it by the continuity-corrected χ<sup>2</sup> test, have repeatedly been attacked over the past 40 years, recently with the support of extensive computer exercises. The present paper argues, on commonsense grounds, supported by simple exa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). - Royal Statistical Society, 1948. - 147(1984), 3, Seite 426-463
1. Verfasser: Yates, F. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1984
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General)
Schlagworte:Ancillary Statistics Binomial Probabilities Conditioning Conservative Test Contingency Tables Contingency Test Continuity Correction Fisher's Exact Test Goodness of Fit Neyman-Pearson Theory mehr... One-Tail Probabilities Quality Control Significance Tests Two-Sided Tests Yates's Correction Mathematics Health sciences Behavioral sciences Physical sciences