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Example of Contingency Analysis
This example uses data collected from car polls. The data include respondent attributes: sex, marital status, and age. The data also include attributes of the respondent’s car: country of origin, the size, and the type. Examine the relationship between car sizes (small, medium, and large) and the cars’ country of origin.
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Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Car Poll.jmp.
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Select Analyze > Fit Y by X.
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Select size and click Y, Response.
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Select country and click X, Factor.
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Click OK.
Figure 6.96 Example of Contingency Analysis
From the mosaic plot and legend in Figure 6.96, notice the following:
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Very few Japanese cars fall into the Large size category.
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The majority of the European cars fall into the Small and Medium size categories.
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The majority of the American cars fall into the Large and Medium size categories.

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Help created on 7/12/2018