an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples
contingency table in American English
noun
Statistics
the frequency distribution for a two-way statistical classification
Word origin
[1945–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, poison pill, regression analysis, shootout, taxi squad
Examples of 'contingency table' in a sentence
contingency table
Contingency table analysis was performed.
Rachel C. Jones, Nidhi Bhatt, Andrew R.L. Medford 2018, 'The effect of 19-gauge endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspirationbiopsies on characterisation of malignant and benign disease. The Bristol experience',Monaldi Archives for Chest Diseasehttps://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/915. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Data were analyzed by contingency table methods and regression models.
Cynthia Braga, Inês Dourado, Ricardo Ximenes, Janaína Miranda, Neal Alexander 2005, 'Bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area of Brazil: differences between genders duringpuberty Filariose bancroftiana em uma área endêmica do Brasil: diferenças entre ossexos durante a puberdade', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000300003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A contingency table was used to verify the model.
Betty J. Sitienei, Shem G. Juma, Everline Opere 2017, 'On the Use of Regression Models to Predict Tea Crop Yield Responses to Climate Change:A Case of Nandi East, Sub-County of Nandi County, Kenya', Climatehttps://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/5/3/54. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Agreement was assessed using a 2x2 contingency table.
Maria Fatima Glaner 2007, ' Agreement of physical activity questionnaire with cardiorespiratory fitness ',Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humanohttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/4027/3413. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pearson χ2 test (contingency table) was used for categorical variables.
T. O. Pertseva , T. V. Kireyeva, K. O. Bielosludtseva , S. V. Boltyanskiy, O. P.Nazarenko 2016, 'Severe virus associated community acquired pneumonia: predictors of lethality', Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnalhttp://zmj.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/76924/73883. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The 2 × 2 contingency table comes in handy in the calculation of ratios.
Avijit Hazra, Nithya Gogtay 2017, 'Biostatistics series module 8: Assessing risk', Indian Journal of Dermatologyhttp://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=2;spage=123;epage=129;aulast=. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Chi-square test was used on contingency table for statistical analysis.
Anitha Diwakar, Sathya Swaroop Patnaik, Channabasavaraj S Hiremath, Kolli S Chalam,Parvatkumar Dash 2019, 'Rupture of sinus of valsalva – A 15 years single institutional retrospective review:Preoperative heart failure has an impact on post operative outcome?', Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesiahttp://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2019;volume=22;issue=1;spage=24;epage=29;aulast=Diwakar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These counts are commonly arranged in a tabular format known as a contingency table.
Rakesh Rana, Richa Singhal 2015, 'Chi-square test and its application in hypothesis testing', Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Scienceshttp://www.j-pcs.org/article.asp?issn=2395-5414;year=2015;volume=1;issue=1;spage=69;epage=71;aulast=Rana. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The accuracy of the three spatial models were compared using a contingency table method.
Shelley M. ALEXANDER, Hejun KANG 2009, 'Relative accuracy of spatial predictive models for lynx Lynx canadensis derived usinglogistic regression-AIC, multiple criteria evaluation and Bayesian approaches', Current Zoologyhttp://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11105. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For the verification of categorical forecasts, a contingency table was used.
Leszek Łabędzki 2017, 'Categorical Forecast of Precipitation Anomaly Using the Standardized PrecipitationIndex SPI', Waterhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/1/8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)