Type of table in a matrix format that displays the multivariate frequency distribution of variables.
Note: The entries in the cells of a contingency table can be frequency counts or relative frequencies.
See: categorical data
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 409 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)