The Chi-Square Test: Often Used and More Often Misinterpreted

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 448-458

  Franke, Todd Michael ^a   Ho, Timothy ^a   Christie, Christina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chi square test; methods use; quantitative methods; using chi square test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864389048     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214011426594     Document Type: Article

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