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dejastew

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A chi-square goodness-of-fit-test is to be performed to see if data fit the Poisson distribution. There are 5 categories, and the parameter  must be estimated. How many degrees of freedom should be used?
 
  A) 5
  B) 4
  C) 3
  D) 2

Question 2

What is P(X  2 )?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



beccamahon

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

0.23 + 0.17 + 0.16 + 0.14 + 0.04 = 0.74



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