A discussion on significance indices for contingency tables under small sample sizes.

Hypothesis testing in contingency tables is usually based on asymptotic results, thereby restricting its proper use to large samples. To study these tests in small samples, we consider the likelihood ratio test (LRT) and define an accurate index for the celebrated hypotheses of homogeneity, independ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Natalia L Oliveira, Carlos A de B Pereira, Marcio A Diniz, Adriano Polpo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6071961?pdf=render