Pack1 Pack2 Pack3 Pack4

B1 No Yes No Yes
B2 Yes No Yes Yes
B3 Yes Yes No Yes
B4 No No Yes Yes
B5 No Yes Yes Yes
B6 No Yes Yes Yes
B7 No No Yes Yes
B8 Yes Yes Yes Yes
B9 Yes No No No
B10 Yes Yes Yes No
B11 No No No Yes
B12 Yes No Yes No
B13 Yes Yes Yes Yes
B14 No Yes Yes Yes
B15 Yes No No No
B16 No Yes No No
B17 No No Yes Yes
B18 No No No No
B19 Yes Yes Yes Yes
B20 No Yes Yes Yes
B21 No No Yes No
B22 Yes No Yes Yes
B23 No Yes Yes No
B24 No No Yes Yes
B25 No No Yes No
B26 No No Yes No
B27 No Yes Yes Yes
XLSTAT 2014.1.01 - Cochran's Q test - on 21/01/2014 at 00:04:47
Subjects/Treatments table: Workbook = demoCochran.xls / Sheet = Data / Range = Data!$B:$E / 27 rows and 4 colu
Significance level (%): 5

Summary statistics:

Variable CategoriesFrequencies %
Pack1 No 17 62.963
Yes 10 37.037
Pack2 No 14 51.852
Yes 13 48.148
Pack3 No 7 25.926
Yes 20 74.074
Pack4 No 10 37.037
Yes 17 62.963

Cochran's Q test (Asymptotic p-value):

Q (Observe 9.158
Q (Critical 7.815
DF 3
p-value 0.027
alpha 0.05

Test interpretation:
H0: The treatments are identical.
Ha: The treatments are different.
As the computed p-value is lower than the significance level alpha=0,05, one should reject the null
hypothesis H0, and accept the alternative hypothesis Ha.
The risk to reject the null hypothesis H0 while it is true is lower than 2,73%.

Multiple pairwise comparisons using the Marascuilo procedure:

Sample
Relative frequency Groups
Pack1 0.370 A
Pack2 0.481 A B
Pack4 0.630 A B
Pack3 0.741 B

Table of pairwise differences:

Pack1 Pack2 Pack3 Pack4

Pack1 0 -0.111 -0.370 -0.259
Pack2 0.111 0 -0.259 -0.148
Pack3 0.370 0.259 0 0.111
Pack4 0.259 0.148 -0.111 0
Critical difference: 0,3478
Significant differences:

Pack1 Pack2 Pack3 Pack4

Pack1 No No Yes No
Pack2 No No No No
Pack3 Yes No No No
Pack4 No No No No
$B:$E / 27 rows and 4 columns