G-test for 2-way contingency data in R

A R function applying G-test for 2-way contingency data in R is demonstrated. Yates’ correction and Williams’ correction are also included in the output.

R Source

Example

R code

my.2way.contingency.table <- matrix(
  c(
    5,0,3,12,6,
    4,2,7,23,11
  ),
  nrow = 2, ncol=5, byrow=T
)

g.test.result <- g.test.2way(my.2way.contingency.table)
g.test.result
str(g.test.result)

R output

> my.2way.contingency.table <- matrix(
+   c(
+     5,0,3,12,6,
+     4,2,7,23,11
+   ),
+   nrow = 2, ncol=5, byrow=T
+ )
> 
> g.test.result <- g.test.2way(my.2way.contingency.table)
> g.test.result
Observed value:
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,]    5    0    3   12    6
[2,]    4    2    7   23   11
Expected value:
         [,1]      [,2]     [,3]     [,4]      [,5]
[1,] 3.205479 0.7123288 3.561644 12.46575  6.054795
[2,] 5.794521 1.2876712 6.438356 22.53425 10.945205
Observed value with Yates' correction:
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,]  4.5  0.5  3.5 12.5  6.5
[2,]  4.5  1.5  6.5 22.5 10.5
Degree of freedom = 4 
G-test:
 G = 3.41127, p = 0.491497
G-test with Yates' correction:
 G = 1.28744, p = 0.863503
G-test with Williams' correction:
 G = 3.07349, q_min = 1.1099, p = 0.545603
> str(g.test.result)
List of 11
 $ data.observed      : num [1:2, 1:5] 5 4 0 2 3 7 12 23 6 11
 $ data.expected      : num [1:2, 1:5] 3.205 5.795 0.712 1.288 3.562 ...
 $ data.observed.Yates: num [1:2, 1:5] 4.5 4.5 0.5 1.5 3.5 6.5 12.5 22.5 6.5 10.5
 $ df                 : num 4
 $ q.min              : num 1.11
 $ g                  : num 3.41
 $ g.Yates            : num 1.29
 $ g.Williams         : num 3.07
 $ p                  : num 0.491
 $ p.Yates            : num 0.864
 $ p.Williams         : num 0.546
 - attr(*, "class")= chr "g.test.2way"