Introduction
A Chi-Square Test of Association compares the relationships between two categorical variables.
Test Procedure
Step 1: Click Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Crosstabs
Step 2: Within the 'Crosstabs' window, select the two variables you intend to analyse and move one into the 'Rows' window and one into the 'Columns' window.
Step 3: Select statistics, then select Chi-Square
Step 4: Select Continue à OK
Results
SPSS will generate three tables, we will use the Chi-Square Tests table
Chi-Square Tests
This table shows the three statistics we need to report when conducting a Chi-Square Test of Association; the Chi-Square Test statistic (Pearson Chi-Square), the Degrees of Freedom (df), and the significance/ p-value (Asymptotic Significance (2-tailed)).
Reporting the Results in APA Formatting
The relationship between the gender of maths lecturers and their favourite food. A Pearson's Chi-Square Test of Association showed the association was not-significant, χ(2)=1.47, p=.480.
