"Percentaging" contingency tables: It really does matter how you do it

Contingency tables display the co‐occurrence of categorical variables. The frequencies of occurrence in each category of each variable are converted into percentages in order to facilitate the interpretation of the relationship between the variables. “Percentaging” a contingency table is not easy, h...

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Published in:Research in nursing & health 2015-08, Vol.38 (4), p.323-325
Main Author: Knapp, Thomas R.
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Contingencies
contingency tables
Data Interpretation, Statistical
dependent variable
Domestic Violence - statistics & numerical data
Female
Frequencies
frequency counts
Humans
independent variable
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Nursing
Nursing Staff - legislation & jurisprudence
percentaging
Politics
Sample size
Statistics as Topic - methods
Variables
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description Contingency tables display the co‐occurrence of categorical variables. The frequencies of occurrence in each category of each variable are converted into percentages in order to facilitate the interpretation of the relationship between the variables. “Percentaging” a contingency table is not easy, however. One has to be careful regarding how the percentaging is done (down the columns, across the rows, or by total sample size). Using an artificial example and a real‐world example, we show how percentaging is carried out and how the proper interpretation of the findings depends upon the direction in which the calculations are performed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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contingency tables
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Female
Frequencies
frequency counts
Humans
independent variable
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Nursing
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percentaging
Politics
Sample size
Statistics as Topic - methods
Variables
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