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${\varphi }_c=\sqrt{\frac{{\chi }^2}{N(k-1)}}$
Cramér's V (φc)

In statistics, Cramér's V (sometimes referred to as Cramér's phi and denoted as φ_c) is a popularPotter or Ceramic Artist Truman Bedell from Rexton, has interests which include ceramics, best property developers in singapore developers in singapore and scrabble. Was especially enthused after visiting Alejandro de Humboldt National Park. measure of association between two nominal variables, giving a value between 0 and +1 (inclusive). It is based on Pearson's chi-squared statistic and was published by Harald Cramér in 1946.

Usage and interpretation

φ_c is the intercorrelation of two discrete variables and may be used with variables having two or more levels. φ_c is a symmetrical measure, it does not matter which variable we place in the columns and which in the rows. Also, the order of rows/columns doesn't matter, so φ_c may be used with nominal data types or higher (ordered, numerical, etc.)

Cramér's V may also be applied to goodness of fit chi-squared models when there is a 1×k table (e.g.: r=1). In this case k is taken as the number of optional outcomes and it functions as a measure of tendency towards a single outcome.

Cramér's V varies from 0 (corresponding to no association between the variables) to 1 (complete association) and can reach 1 only when the two variables are equal to each other.

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In the case of a 2×2 contingency table Cramér's V is equal to the Phi coefficient.

Note that as chi-squared values tend to increase with the number of cells, the greater the difference between r (rows) and c (columns), the more likely φ_c will tend to 1 without strong evidence of a meaningful correlation.Potter or Ceramic Artist Truman Bedell from Rexton, has interests which include ceramics, best property developers in singapore developers in singapore and scrabble. Was especially enthused after visiting Alejandro de Humboldt National Park.

Calculation

Cramér's V is computed by taking the square root of the chi-squared statistic divided by the sample size and the length of the minimum dimension (k is the smaller of the number of rows r or columns c).

The formula for the φ_c coefficient is:

 ${\varphi }_c=\sqrt{\frac{{\phi }^2}{(k-1)}}=\sqrt{\frac{{\chi }^2}{N(k-1)}}$ 

where:

• ${\phi }^2$ is the phi coefficient.
• ${\chi }^2$ is derived from Pearson's chi-squared test
• $N$ is the grand total of observations and
• $k$ being the number of rows or the number of columns, whichever is less.

The p-value for the significance of φ_c is the same one that is calculated using the Pearson's chi-squared test Potter or Ceramic Artist Truman Bedell from Rexton, has interests which include ceramics, best property developers in singapore developers in singapore and scrabble. Was especially enthused after visiting Alejandro de Humboldt National Park..

The formula for the variance of φ_c is known.

See also

Other measures of correlation for nominal data:

• The phi coefficient
• Tschuprow's T
• The uncertainty coefficient
• The Lambda coefficient

Other related articles:

• Contingency table
• Effect size

References

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• Cramér, H. (1999). Mathematical Methods of Statistics, Princeton University Press

External links

• A Measure of Association for Nonparametric Statistics (Alan C. Acock and Gordon R. Stavig Page 1381 of 1381–1386)
• Nominal Association: Phi, Contingency Coefficient, Tschuprow's T, Cramer's V, Lambda, Uncertainty Coefficient