Incidence of article with NT names

KAREN PITTS kpitts at sarnoff.com
Thu Jun 17 22:52:24 EDT 1999


The correct statistical test is a Chi-Squared test of independence, which
basically tests whether the proprotions are all the same for the two
columns.  I did the test for the entire table, which is highly
statistically significant (error < e-27), the table without SATANAS, which
is highly statistically significant (error < e-15), and for the table
without SATANAS and PETROS, which is not statistically significant (error =
.12).

I used the frequencies, which I've pasted below.  The proportions are from
Steven Cox's original request.

Now, whether the statistical significance has any meaning is a question I
can't answer.

Karen

    with art.   without  totals
Abraham  12        60       72
Moses    13        66       79
David     5        53       58
Elijah    0        29       29
John      4        30       34
Petros   52        40       92
Satanas  33         4       37
totals  119       282      401

Word total      %w.art. %w/o art.
Abraham 72      16.4   83.6
Moses 79        16.46  83.54
David 58        8.6    91.40
Elijah 29       0      100
John 34         11.8   88.2
Petros 92       56.5   43.5
Satanas 37      86.49  13.51
Karen Pitts
kpitts at sarnoff.com

statistician at Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton NJ
teacher of NT Greek, Hopewell Pres. Church, Hopewell, NJ
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