Analyzing Transportation Preference Using Contingency Table

Friday Zinzendoff Okwonu

doi:7230143

We investigate transportation preference among students using contingency table by comparing between two profile variables (cheap and fast). The comparison is done by investigating students’ patronage of either mini buses or kekenapep by determining if the latter is preferred over the former due to cost (cheap) and fast. We applied the chi square test, likelihood ratio chi square test, Mantel-Haenszel chi-square and the phi coefficient to determine if the above factors influence transportation system patronage. The computed results indicated that the null hypothesis is rejected is rejected in favor of the alternate hypothesis. This implies that students prefer kekenapap over mini buses due to few sitting space and easy of charter. The phi coefficient based on 0-1 scale indicated that the dependency of these profile variables is moderate.

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