Contingency tables are a great way to classify outcomes and calculate different types of probabilities. These tables contain rows and columns that display bivariate frequencies of categorical data. Analysts also refer to contingency tables as crosstabulation (cross tabs), two-way tables, and frequency tables.
Statisticians use contingency tables for a variety of reasons. I love these tables because they both organize your data and allow you to answer a diverse set of questions. In this post, I focus on using them to calculate different types of probabilities. These probabilities include joint, marginal, and conditional probabilities. [Read more…] about Using Contingency Tables to Calculate Probabilities