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Statistical Analysis of Percentages Based on Unequal Numbers, with Examples from Entomological Research
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
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Entomologists, like research workers in other fields, frequently wish to determine whether the percentage of individuals having a certain attribute (e.g., % eggs parasitized) is associated with some other variable, which may be either qualitative or quantitative. The numbers of individuals observed with and without this attribute are recorded for each category of the other variable. A test is made of the hypothesis that the true percentage or proportion of individuals with this attribute is the same in each category. One of the methods commonly used for this purpose is the x2 test of independence. If rhe calculated x2 exceeds a specified level of significance, the hrpochesis is rejected; otherwise it is accepted. The test is described in most books on statistical methods, e.g., Goulden (1952).
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