If my dependent variable is open defecation and has one value (yes) and my independent variable is gender with two values (male and female). How do I go about it in spss if I intend to do a chi square test?
For example: I have this data - Gender (Male = 244, Female = 95) that practiced open defecation. I would like to test if there is an association between gender and open defecation practice. Thank you
Before being able to answer your question, I think you should address one key point. You stated that "my dependent variable is open defecation and has one value (yes)". I suppose that all the other answers were left blank. The issue here is that a blank answer may either stands for a "no" or a "I don't want to answer". Consequently, it would be hardly possible to assess whether there could be an association between gender and open defecation practice. At most, it would test for whether there is an association between gender and the willingness to answer to this kind of questions.
Accordingly, if you choose to use a 2x1 design you should opt for a non-parametric test. Otherwise, you might recode blanks into "no/I don't want to answer" and compute a Chi-Squared.
Finally, since Chi-Squared tests are sentitive to sample size, you may want to evaluate the effect size of your test.
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