Multiway contingency tables: Monte Carlo resampling probability values for the chi-squared and likelihood-ratio tests

Psychol Rep. 2010 Oct;107(2):501-10. doi: 10.2466/03.PR0.107.5.501-510.

Abstract

Monte Carlo resampling methods to obtain probability values for chi-squared and likelihood-ratio test statistics for multiway contingency tables are presented. A resampling algorithm provides random arrangements of cell frequencies in a multiway contingency table, given fixed marginal frequency totals. Probability values are obtained from the proportion of resampled test statistic values equal to or greater than the observed test statistic value.

MeSH terms

  • Chi-Square Distribution*
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions*
  • Monte Carlo Method*
  • Probability*
  • Psychology / statistics & numerical data*