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dejastew

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on: Jun 24, 2018

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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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018

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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