Here we show that the one-sided chi-square test used for evaluating the significance of the overlap between the RH network and other existing datasets and the Bayesian loglikelihood score (LLS) approach used for integrating diverse datasets [1,2] are closely related. The Fisher’s exact test was used instead of the chi-square test when the expected value in a cell of the contingency table was ≤ ...

A test for goodness of fit usually involves examining a random sample from some unknown distribution in order to test the null hypothesis that the unknown distribution function is in fact a known, specified function. The Chi-square test can be applied to any univariate distribution for which you can calculate the cumulative distribution function. The Chi-square test does not have good propertie...

Multiple response categorical variables (MRCVs), also known as “pick any” or “choose all that apply” variables, summarize survey questions for which respondents are allowed to select more than one category response option. Traditional methods for analyzing the association between categorical variables are not appropriate with MRCVs due to the within-subject dependence among responses. We have d...

This paper proposes a new method of improved meta analysis to combine relative risk for both homogeneous and heterogeneous set of studies. The standard meta analyses don’t give any conclusive result when the effects of heterogenous studies are combined. The proposed improved meta analysis uses the predicted relative risk, and chi-square test to check the heterogeneity of the effects. Confidence...