The following table classifies an individual in two ways-by gender and by college attended. What is this two-way classification called?
A) Goodness-of-fit test
B) Frequency table
C) ANOVA table
D) Contingency table

Question

The following table classifies an individual in two ways-by gender and by college attended.  What is this two-way classification called?
A) Goodness-of-fit test 
B) Frequency table 
C) ANOVA table 
D) Contingency table

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A contingency table is a two-way classification table that summarizes the relationships between two categorical variables. It shows the frequency distribution of the joint occurrence of two categorical variables. In this case, the two variables are gender and college attended. Therefore, a contingency table is the appropriate classification for this data.

The Following Table Classifies an Individual in Two Ways-By Gender