A Model for Large Sparse Contingency Tables [Dissertation]
Joseph C. Marhoul, USDOE Office of Science (SC) · 1985
The first section of this chapter introduces the concepts of categorical variables and of contingency tables. It is included purely for the sake of completeness and is intended to neither enlighten nor stimulate the knowledgeable reader. The second section offers some history of the methodology used to study contingency tables, and indicates possible shortcomings of these procedures when applied to large sparse tables.