contingency table

American

noun

Statistics.

the frequency distribution for a two-way statistical classification.

contingency table British

noun

statistics an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples

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Etymology

Origin of contingency table

First recorded in 1945–50

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Using an overhead projector, he drew a contingency table relating the relative preferences of males and females for hip hop, country and indie rock music, then used the table to explain marginal distribution.

From New York Times

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