The Critical Value of χ²

question 7

Multiple Choice

The critical value of χ²

• A) decreases as we increase the degrees of freedom.
• B) increases as we increase the degrees of freedom.
• C) increases as we increase the number of observations ( N ).
• D) varies only as a function of α, not as a function of the degrees of freedom.

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