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Mr.Thesaxman

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In the goodness-of-fit chi-square test, the rule of thumb that the expected frequency for each category should be at least 5 exists because:
 a. the chi-square distribution is not symmetrical when the expected frequency of a category is less than 5.
  b. the test statistic for the chi-square distribution is based on the assumption that the expected frequency of each category is greater than 5.
  c. the chi-square distribution is negatively skewed when the expected frequency of a category is less than 5.
  d. the chi-square distribution is continuous while the counts on which the test statistic are based are discrete.
  e. the chi-square distribution is positively skewed when the expected frequency of a category is less than 5.

Question 2

Which of the following tests do not use the chi-square distribution?
 a. Test of a contingency table
  b. Goodness-of-fit test
  c. Difference between two population means test
  d. All of these tests use the chi-squared distribution



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babybsemail

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C




Mr.Thesaxman

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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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