The Chi-Square Test Statistic Is Chi-Squared Distributed with N -

question 81

Multiple Choice

The chi-square test statistic is chi-squared distributed with n - 1 degrees of freedom only if the:

• A) population is normally distributed.
• B) sample is normally distributed.
• C) sample has a Student t-distribution with degrees of freedom equal to n - 1.
• D) population has a Student t-distribution with degrees of freedom equal to n.

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