The Closer the Observed Frequencies Are to the Expected Frequencies

question 61

Multiple Choice

The closer the observed frequencies are to the expected frequencies in each cell of the contingency table ________.

• A)the larger will be the value of the chi-square statistic
• B)the larger will be the critical value from the chi‐square distribution
• C)the smaller will be the value of the chi-square statistic
• D)the smaller will be the critical value from the chi‐square distribution

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