Data - Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square
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To use Cross Tabulation and Chi-Square, your data should be in the following format:

·    Data may be arranged in raw form, frequency form, or, summarized in a contingency table. See Arrangement of Input Data.

·    Data may be numeric, text, or date/time. Frequency values must be non-negative integers.

·    Column lengths must be the same.

By default, Minitab excludes missing data from all calculations. See Cross Tabulation Options. For contingency table data, missing values are not allowed.

To change the order in which text categories are processed from their default alphabetized order, see Ordering Text Categories.