An Introduction to Statistics in Linguistics (8): How to Analyze Crosstabulation Tables (Part 2)

Abstract

The following four points are discussed in this paper. First, the concept of cross-tabulation table (or cross-tab) is described; a conventional cross-tab example, along with its slightly modified version is presented, to examine the essence of cross-tab analysis. Second, an extended cross-tab, which is a table listing simple tabulation of multiple questions of the same choice group, is presented. The extended cross-tab can be handled in the same manner as the conventional cross-tab. In addition, it has several advantages for data analysis, which will also be explained. Third, the calculation process of reciprocal averaging suitable for using extended cross-tab is explained; this is done by presenting a step-by-step calculation process using a specific cross-tab example, so that the process can be performed using an electronic calculator. Fourth, the characteristics of reciprocal averaging are presented, and the types of its applicable data is explained. Thus, the present paper, as a whole, describes the advantages of reciprocal averaging in the analysis of data given in cross-tab format.