A Variable Contains Five Categories $\alpha$ =01, the Degrees of Freedom for This Test Are ___

question 12

Multiple Choice

A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 27, 30, 29, 21, and 24. Using $\alpha$ =.01, the degrees of freedom for this test are ___.

• A) 5
• B) 4
• C) 3
• D) 2
• E) 1

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