The Open Mathematics, Statistics and Probability Journal

2016, 7 : 20-35
Published online 2016 August 23. DOI: 10.2174/1876527001607010020
Publisher ID: TOSPJ-7-20

RESEARCH ARTICLE
 Comparing Measures of Association in 2×2 Probability Tables

Dirk Hasenclever1, * and Markus Scholz1,2
1 Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig, Germany
2 LIFE Research Center University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

* Address correspondence to this author at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18 04107, Leipzig, Germany; Tel: +49 341 97 16121; Fax: +49 341 97 16109; E-mail: dirk.hasenclever@imise.uni-leipzig.de

ABSTRACT

Keywords:

Entropy, Margin, Measures of association, Odds-ratio, Statistical dependence, Two by two probability tables.