For a Two-Way Contingency Table, the Degrees of Freedom for the Chi-Square

question 3

Multiple Choice

For a two-way contingency table, the degrees of freedom for the chi-square test of independence are defined as.

• A) \(( r - 1 ) + ( c - 1 )\)
• B) \(( r - 1 ) ( c - 1 )\)
• C) \(\frac { ( r - 1 ) } { ( c - 1 ) }\)
• D) \(( r - 1 ) - ( c - 1 )\)

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