Fisher Exact Test

 

1 Categorical Dependent Variable

 1 (2 level) Categorical Independent Variable

allows cell values < 5

The Fisher exact test is used when you want to conduct a Chi Square test, but one or more of your cells has a value of five or less. [13]

Values to report:

·        degrees of freedom

·        p value

Note: Fischer Exact does not have a test statistic similar to Chi Square.