Download the Macro
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.
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browse to the location where you save macro files.
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Required Inputs
- Two columns containing the
tabled data
- Storage location for the
results. You must specify two more columns than the number of distinct values
in the second tabled data column you list as an input.
Optional Inputs
- GCNTS
- Displays a bar chart of observed and expected counts.
- GCHI
- Displays a bar chart of contribution to chi-square.
- STLAB C C
- Required if you use any of the following subcommands to specify
storage columns for the cell labels.
- STOBS C
- Use to specify a column (C) where the observed counts will be stored.
- STEXP C
- Use to specify a column (C) where the expected counts will be stored.
- STCHI C
- Use to specify a column (C) where the chi-square contribution will be
stored.
Running the Macro
Suppose you want to store the cross tabulation of C1 and C2 in C11-C16 of
the worksheet. You want to store the observed and expected counts in C6 and C7,
respectively, and the cell labels in C4 and C5. To run the macro, choose
and type:
%STXTAB C1 C2;
GCNTS;
GCHI;
STORE C11 - C16;
STLAB C4 C5;
STOBS C6;
STEXP C7.
Click
Run.