CHI SQUARE ON SPSS SOFTWARE

Chi-square

Description

Description

The term "chi-squared test," also written as x2 test, refers to certain types of statistical hypothesis tests that are valid to perform when the test statistic is chi-squared distributed under the null hypothesis.


Step 1

·         Analyze> descriptive statistics> crosstabs..

Step 2

·        Shit the independent variable from left box to the rows on the right box. And dependent variable from left box to the columns on right box.

Step 3

·         Click on the statistics

·         Then select the chi-square, phi and Cramer’s V

·         Then click on continue

Step 4

·         Click on the Cells then select rows, columns and total.

·         Then click continue

Step 5:

·         Then click on OK

Tables

Case Processing Summary
	Cases
	Valid		Missing		Total
	N	Percent	N	Percent	N	Percent
gender * selfetotal	300	100.0%	0	0.0%	300	100.0%

CONCLUSIONS

After following these step, you have these table from where decission about the results has to be made.