A Program for Computing Fisher's Exact Probability Test and the Coefficient of Association λ for n × m Contingency Tables

Fisher's exact probability test is a nonparametric statistical technique for determining the significance of a difference for independent groups with discrete data. Whenever computing the exact test for tables larger than 2 × 2, two problems arise (Hays, 1973): (1) the computations become very...

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Published in:Educational and psychological measurement 1977-04, Vol.37 (1), p.253-256
Main Authors: Bedeian, Arthur G., Armenakis, Achilles A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Fisher's exact probability test is a nonparametric statistical technique for determining the significance of a difference for independent groups with discrete data. Whenever computing the exact test for tables larger than 2 × 2, two problems arise (Hays, 1973): (1) the computations become very tedious and (2) there is a need to measure the strength of statistical association in each sample. The purpose of this paper was to provide a mathematical algorithm for Fisher's test (1) which is adaptable to n × m contingency tables and (2) which provides the user with lambda (λ), an index of predictive association designed for crosstabulations of nominal-level variables.
ISSN:0013-1644
1552-3888
DOI:10.1177/001316447703700133