Chi-Squared

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What is a null hypothesis?
There is no difference between the observed and the expected numbers
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What are the rules when using the Chi-Squared?
1) sample must be 20+ 2) Needs to be discrete data 3) Only can use raw numbers 4) Compare to observed to expected
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What is the formula?
Sum of the (observed-expected)^2 / expected
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If the value of chi-squared falls below 0.05% what do we do with the null hypothesis?
It is rejected
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What are degrees of freedom?
Number of categories - 1
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If chi-squared is above 0.05% what do we do with the null hypothesis?
It is accepted
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