Re: st: a statistical question.

[Thomas Trikalinos (.Mac) <ttrikalin@mac.com>]

1. yes it is.

2. Mind that your rows/columns are not ordered; otherwise use chi2 for 
trend.

On Jun 12, 2004, at 10:57, ~{;FHY9s~} wrote:


> generally speaking,if i want to do a chi2 test,the expacted count of 
> each cell should more than 5.but if i have less,what statistical test 
> should i take? is fisher's exact test a good idea?
>
> my data table is as follow,and if i use exact test ,the p-valuve is 
> 0.00.is it wise to use it? thank you !
>
> 	col
> row	1	2	3	Total
> 				
> 1	6	12	2	20
> 2	18	68	43	129
> 3	9	4	1	14
> 				
> Total	33	84	46	163
>
>
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