Calculates the Cochran-Armitage chi-square test for trend (A.I. Glaser).
Option
PRINT = string token |
Output required (test); default test |
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Parameters
DATA = tables |
Table containing observed data |
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TREND = factors |
Dimension of the table representing the trend; can default if only one dimension of size greater than 2 |
CHISQUARE = scalars |
Saves the chi-square for trend |
PROBABILITY = scalars |
Saves the probability value for trend |
DEVCHISQUARE = scalars |
Saves the chi-square for deviations from a linear trend |
DEVDF = scalars |
Saves the degrees of freedom for the chi-square for deviations |
DEVPROBABILITY = scalars |
Saves the probability value for the chi-square for deviations |
Description
The CATRENDTEST procedure calculates the Cochran-Armitage chi-square test for trend. Categorical data can be collected and categorized by explanatory factors (such as dosage or treatment level), and any analysis will try to indicate relationships between the response (binary) factor and explanatory factors. The Cochran-Armitage chi-square test calculates a chi-square statistic on 1 degree of freedom for a linear trend in the responses. The data are represented by a (2×K or K×2) contingency table, where K represents the explanatory factor (known as the trend).
The DATA parameter supplies the data values in a two-way table. The TREND parameter can be set to a factor to indicate which dimension of the table represents the trend; if this is omitted CATRENDTEST assumes that the trend is in the dimension with more than 2 rows or columns (the other dimension must have exactly 2 rows or columns).
By default CATRENDTEST prints the results of tests for trend and for deviation from a trend (chi-square values, degrees of freedom and probabilities), but you can suppress these by setting option PRINT=*.
Parameters CHISQUARE, PROBABILITY, DEVCHISQUARE, DEVDF and DEVPROBABILITY allow the results to be saved (in scalars).
Option: PRINT.
Parameters: DATA, TREND, CHISQUARE, PROBABILITY, DEVCHISQUARE, DEVDF, DEVPROBABILITY.
Method
The method is described in Section 15.2 of Armitage, Berry & Matthews (1994).
Reference
Armitage, P., Berry, G. & Matthews, J.N.S. (1994). Statistical Methods in Medical Research. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
See also
Procedures: MCNEMAR, QCOCHRAN.
Commands for: Basic and nonparametric statistics, Regression analysis.
Example
CAPTION 'CATRENDTEST example',\
'Data from Table 15.1 of Armitage, Berry & Matthews (1994)';\
STYLE=meta,plain
FACTOR [LEVELS=2; LABELS=!T('Yes','No')] Attendence
FACTOR [LEVELS=!(0,1,2,3)] Score
TABLE [CLASS=Score,Attendence; VALUES=59,97,10,31,12,36,5,28] Patient
CATRENDTEST Patient; TREND=Score