Which of the Following Tests Will Determine Whether Sample Data

question 104

Multiple Choice

Which of the following tests will determine whether sample data could have been drawn from a population having a specified probability distribution?

• A) independence of two variables
• B) comparing proportions from two independent samples
• C) estimating the population variance
• D) goodness-of-fit test
• E) confidence interval around a sample mean

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Definitions:

Expected Cell Frequency

The predicted number of observations that fall into a specific category or cell within a contingency table.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a statistical sample.

Degrees of Freedom

The count of independent pieces of information available to estimate another statistic, crucial in defining the distribution of various test statistics.

Contingency Table

A table used in statistics to display the frequency distribution of variables to show the relationship between them.