Author

Year

Country

at + bt + dt

Nt

(at + bt + dt)/Nt

X2 (Sine)

k

p value (k)

Eluf-Neto et al., 1994 [7]

1994

Brazil

392

424

0.924528302

4.53082192

0.66941066

3.18104E−43

Ngelangel et al., 1998 [8]

1998

Philippines

714

737

0.968792402

1.37195122

0.84304507

6.2931E−116

Chichareon et al., 1998 [9]

1998

Thailand

617

638

0.967084639

1.75104167

0.79508743

1.04251E−89

Chaouki et al., 1998 [10]

1998

Morocco

361

371

0.973045822

0.57484076

0.74972995

2.8642E−47

Rolón et al., 2000 [11]

2000

Paraguay

200

204

0.980392157

0.15909091

0.78631137

2.87949E−29

Franceschi et al., 2003 [12]

2003

India

417

418

0.997607656

0.0016129

0.7432314

3.7933E−52

Asato et al., 2004 [13]

2004

Japan

3560

3605

0.987517337

0.66877744

0.60055085

1.0309E−284

Bernal et al., 2008 [14]

2008

Spain

1256

1260

0.996825397

0.01232394

0.39572399

8.05848E−45

Total

7517

7657

0.981716077

9.07046076

0.723669245

Alpha =

0.05

Degrees of freedom =

8

Degr. of fr. =

1

X2 (Critical) SINE =

15.5073131

Chi crit. k =

3.841458821

X2 (Calculated) SINE =

9.07046076

X² calc. (k) =

4009.949276

K =

0.723669245