Todayi will teach you How to Interpret Chi-Square Output in SPSS

Output

You will be presented with some tables in the Output Viewer under the title “Crosstabs”. The tables of note are presented below:

The Crosstabulation Table (Gender*Preferred Learning Medium Crosstabulation)

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This table allows us to understand that both males and females prefer to learn using online materials versus books.

The Chi-Square Tests Table

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When reading this table we are interested in the results of the “Pearson Chi-Square” row. We can see here that χ(1) = 0.487, p = .485. This tells us that there is no statistically significant association between Gender and Preferred Learning Medium; that is, both Males and Females equally prefer online learning versus books.

The Symmetric Measures Table

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Phi and Cramer’s V are both tests of the strength of association. We can see that the strength of association between the variables is very weak.

Bar chart

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It can be easier to visualize data than read tables. The clustered bar chart option allows a relevant graph to be produced that highlights the group categories and the frequency of counts in these groups.