A statistical test that allows one to determine whether observed quantities of a specific characteristic differed from the expected value purely by chance.

The chi-square test is a statistical hypothesis test that is used to compare observed and expected counts in a contingency table. Its uses include: tests for independence, tests for homogeneity, and ...

Pearson's chi-square test works well with genetic data as long as there are enough expected values in each group. In the case of small samples (less than 10 in any category) that have 1 degree of ...

Also, PROC FREQ computes the following statistics derived from the Pearson chi-square: the phi coefficient, the contingency coefficient, and Cramer's V. PROC FREQ computes Fisher's exact test for ...