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Pg Categorical by exekiel179 — Agent Skill

Name: Pg Categorical
Author: Exekiel179

Pg Categorical

Run or generate Pingouin code for categorical / contingency-table analyses — chi-square test of independence, McNemar's paired test, 2x2 crosstabs, and chi-square power — for psychology data with nominal variables.

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PG Categorical

Use when both variables are categorical (nominal) and the question is association or change in proportions.

Load

Read:

../../references/supervision-gates.md
../../references/pingouin-api-quickref.md
../../references/apa-output-template.md if writing results.

Decision Rules

Association between two independent categorical variables (any R x C) -> pg.chi2_independence(data, x, y).
Change in a binary outcome for the same participants (paired 2x2) -> pg.chi2_mcnemar(data, x, y).
Just the 2x2 table from two binary columns -> pg.dichotomous_crosstab(data, x, y).
Sample size / power for a chi-square test -> pg.power_chi2(dof, w, n, power, alpha).

Required Inputs

Two categorical columns (row and column variables).
Whether observations are independent (chi-square) or paired within participants (McNemar).
For McNemar/crosstab: columns must be dichotomous (0/1 or two levels).
For power: effect size w (Cohen), degrees of freedom, and the unknown to solve (set to None).

Code Patterns

Chi-square test of independence (returns a 3-tuple):

expected, observed, stats = pg.chi2_independence(data=df, x="group", y="response")
pg.print_table(stats.round(3))          # read the "pearson" row

McNemar paired test (binary 0/1 columns; returns observed table + stats):

observed, stats = pg.chi2_mcnemar(data=df, x="before", y="after")
pg.print_table(stats.round(3))

2x2 crosstab:

ct = pg.dichotomous_crosstab(data=df, x="cond_a", y="cond_b")
print(ct)

Chi-square power / sample size:

power = pg.power_chi2(dof=1, w=0.3, n=100, alpha=0.05)   # solve n via n=None, power=0.8
print({"power": round(float(power), 3)})

Output Checks

chi2_independence stats rows include pearson; columns are test, lambda, chi2, dof, pval, cramer (effect size), power. Report Cramér's V, not just chi-square. chi2_mcnemar stats give chi2, dof, p_approx, p_exact; prefer p_exact for small discordant counts.

Guardrails

Chi-square needs adequate expected counts; if many cells < 5, note it and consider Fisher's exact (outside Pingouin).
McNemar requires paired dichotomous data, not two independent groups.
Report the contingency table and Cramér's V / effect size, not only the p-value.
Chi-square shows association, not causation or direction.
End result-bearing answers with one compact S0-S5 audit line.

---name: pg-categoricaldescription: Run or generate Pingouin code for categorical / contingency-table analyses — chi-square test of independence, McNemar's paired test, 2x2 crosstabs, and chi-square power — for psychology data with nominal variables.---# PG CategoricalUse when both variables are categorical (nominal) and the question is association or change in proportions.## LoadRead:- `../../references/supervision-gates.md`- `../../references/pingouin-api-quickref.md`- `../../references/apa-output-template.md` if writing results.## Decision Rules- Association between two independent categorical variables (any R x C) -> `pg.chi2_independence(data, x, y)`.- Change in a binary outcome for the same participants (paired 2x2) -> `pg.chi2_mcnemar(data, x, y)`.- Just the 2x2 table from two binary columns -> `pg.dichotomous_crosstab(data, x, y)`.- Sample size / power for a chi-square test -> `pg.power_chi2(dof, w, n, power, alpha)`.## Required Inputs- Two categorical columns (row and column variables).- Whether observations are independent (chi-square) or paired within participants (McNemar).- For McNemar/crosstab: columns must be dichotomous (0/1 or two levels).- For power: effect size `w` (Cohen), degrees of freedom, and the unknown to solve (set to `None`).## Code PatternsChi-square test of independence (returns a 3-tuple):```pythonexpected, observed, stats = pg.chi2_independence(data=df, x="group", y="response")pg.print_table(stats.round(3)) # read the "pearson" row```McNemar paired test (binary 0/1 columns; returns observed table + stats):```pythonobserved, stats = pg.chi2_mcnemar(data=df, x="before", y="after")pg.print_table(stats.round(3))```2x2 crosstab:```pythonct = pg.dichotomous_crosstab(data=df, x="cond_a", y="cond_b")print(ct)```Chi-square power / sample size:```pythonpower = pg.power_chi2(dof=1, w=0.3, n=100, alpha=0.05) # solve n via n=None, power=0.8print({"power": round(float(power), 3)})```## Output Checks`chi2_independence` stats rows include `pearson`; columns are `test`, `lambda`, `chi2`, `dof`, `pval`, `cramer` (effect size), `power`. Report Cramér's V, not just chi-square. `chi2_mcnemar` stats give `chi2`, `dof`, `p_approx`, `p_exact`; prefer `p_exact` for small discordant counts.## Guardrails- Chi-square needs adequate expected counts; if many cells < 5, note it and consider Fisher's exact (outside Pingouin).- McNemar requires paired dichotomous data, not two independent groups.- Report the contingency table and Cramér's V / effect size, not only the p-value.- Chi-square shows association, not causation or direction.- End result-bearing answers with one compact S0-S5 audit line.

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