Marginal Total/Examples

Examples of Marginal Totals

Arbitrary Example

Consider the contingency table below:

$\begin{array} {r|cc|c}

& \text {Column 1} & \text {Column 2} & \text {Row totals} \\ \hline \text {Row 1} & 10 & 2 & 12 \\ \text {Row 2} & 5 & 8 & 13 \\ \hline \text {Column totals} & 15 & 10 \end{array}$

The marginal totals for the rows are in the column labelled $\text {Row totals}$

The marginal totals for the columns are in the row labelled $\text {Column totals}$.