In this table, there are two categorical variables. One is the variable gender which has two categories, female and male. The other categorical variable is the variable excel knowledge which has two categories, yes and no. Thus, there are two categorical variables.

Ifa data set includes two different categorical variables, we use a two-way table (contingency table) todemonstrate the relationship and interaction of the two categorical variables. A two-way table of counts  organizes data about two categorical variables measured from the same set of individuals. A contingency table is a special type of frequency distribution table, where two variables are shown simultaneously and
it is used to determine if one categorical variable is related to another categorical variable.