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Section 6.2 Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
  • Identify situations in which categorical analysis is appropriate and numerical methods are not
  • Load and inspect categorical data to confirm variable types and structure
  • Create and interpret contingency tables using base R and tidyverse tools
  • Calculate and interpret row- and column-based percentages for categorical data
  • Visualize relationships between categorical variables using stacked and grouped bar charts
  • Conduct and interpret a chi-square test of independence using chisq.test()
  • Explain the role of expected counts, degrees of freedom, and p-values in chi-square testing
  • Use residuals and standardized residuals to identify cells that contribute most to a chi-square result
  • Quantify the strength of association between categorical variables using Cramer’s V