Application of Chi-Square Test to Determine Architectural Impact on Church Patronage

This paper provides a crucial analysis of chi square test. The concept of chi square test as well as the various and varying scales of disparity in chi square test availability are discussed. The Chi-square is the most commonly used significance test for categorical variables in the social sciences as well as architecture The tool has been employed as a means of assessing the relationship between two categorical variables as tabulated against each other in a contingency table. The test compares the actual values in the cells of the table with those that would be expected under conditions of independence (i.e., if there was no relationship between the variables being considered). Expected values are calculated for each cell by cross-multiplying the row and column proportions for that cell and taking as a share of the total number of cases considered. The chi square tool has been used to ascertain whether or not relationship exist between architecture and church patronage. The result is in the affirmative indicating that the reason for observed growth could be a combination of the spiritual as well as the physical aesthetic evocation of the church buildings and its environment. Therefore recommends professional architectural design for church patronage and growth.