CHISQ.TEST Function in Excel: Are These Categories Related?

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⏱ 2 min readUpdated 5 October 2026

StatisticsLevel: ExpertAvailable in: Excel 2010+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. CHISQ.TEST in practice
  5. Where you will use it
  6. Worked example
  7. Mistakes people make
  8. Related functions
  9. Continue learning

CHISQ.TEST compares observed counts with expected counts and returns a p-value.

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Syntax

=CHISQ.TEST(actual_range, expected_range)
Argument What it means
expected_range Same shape as actual.

Examples

Example 1

=CHISQ.TEST(B2:D4, G2:I4)

Is preferred product related to city?

CHISQ.TEST in practice

Where you will use it

  • Is a region split different from expected?
  • Survey answers vs expected shares
  • Defects by shift

Worked example

Observed counts vs expected counts for three regions; p below 0.05 suggests the difference is not chance.

CaseTestFormulaResult
1Orders by region vs plan=ROUND(CHISQ.TEST(INDEX($H$1:$J$3,A2,0),INDEX($L$1:$N$3,A2,0)),4)0.2626
2Exactly as expected=ROUND(CHISQ.TEST(INDEX($H$1:$J$3,A3,0),INDEX($L$1:$N$3,A3,0)),4)1
3Strong skew=ROUND(CHISQ.TEST(INDEX($H$1:$J$3,A4,0),INDEX($L$1:$N$3,A4,0)),4)0

Results calculated in Excel.

Mistakes people make

MistakeWhat to do instead
Using percentagesUse counts, not percentages
Small expected countsExpected values below 5 make the test unreliable

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