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Wording for Null Hypothesis

LilMrsDahamsta · 2009-08-24 23:50:03

Hi folks, I'm desperately trying to figure out the correct way of wording a null hypothesis which results in the use of a chi-square test (via SPSS crosstabs function). I've been at it for a while so I'd appreciate any suggestions to correct the following: H0: Differences in <categorical variable 1> between residents of…

25-08-2009 12:50am

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LilMrsDahamsta

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Hi folks,

I'm desperately trying to figure out the correct way of wording a null hypothesis which results in the use of a chi-square test (via SPSS crosstabs function). I've been at it for a while so I'd appreciate any suggestions to correct the following:

H0: Differences in <categorical variable 1> between residents of <location X> and <location Y> can be accounted for by differences in the distribution of <categorical variable 2> between the two groups.

My brain's gone so fuzzy I don't even know if I'm right or wrong at this stage. Thanks a million!

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