Question

Observed Frequencies	Remedial English	Not in Remedial English	Total
Normal	22	187	209
ADD	19	74	93
Total of the two categories	41	261	302

My Question: How do you run the appropriate chi square test on this data in SPSS? I need to know how to set it up in SPSS and the step by step procedures. What goes in the data view/variable view and how do I run the test?

Answer 1

when you open the SPSS you find this...

Here enter your data .

click analyze thn descriptive statistics thn on crosstab...

select your variables from here and press the arrow to fill it in rows and columns.

If you want to display clustered bar chart thn click the check box.

Otherwise proceed further and

Then press "statistics" in right side.

And you get a display like this

Select the " chi squared" and " phi and cramer's v "

Then click continue

Thn click "cells" button on right...

And you get a display like this

There select "observed" from count area

Row column and total from percentages area

Thn click continue button

Thn format button

Thn you will be presented with a display like this

Where you are asked to select data in

Assending order or descending order

Select one thn continue....

And then Ok button to generate your output...

You will get crosstab and chi square both...

You can now do it easily

That's all how to run spss and do chi test.