[EMAIL PROTECTED] (VOLTOLINI) wrote in
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> Hi folks, 
> 
> My doubt is about the chi-square test. 
> 
> I heard from a colleague that....
> 
> When the Ho of independence is rejected in a contingency table you can
> compare the partial chi-square values with the chi-square value from
> the table to check if there is one or more partial chi-square values
> that could reject the Ho alone. 
> 
> Is it true? 
> 
> I cannot find this idea in any classic stats text book :(

Have a look at chapter 3 of Agresti's _Categorical Data Analysis_; it 
sounds like you're talking about what he calls "partitioning chi-square."
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