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Name: The Chi-Square Distribution: Test of Independence
ID: m17191
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module describes how the chi-square distribution can be used to test for independence.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: chi, distribution, elementary, independence, square, statistics, test
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0

Authors: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maxfield Foundation (cnx@cnx.org)
Maintainers: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)

Latest version: 1.10 (history)
First publication date: Jul 5, 2008 2:22 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Feb 21, 2009 10:39 am US/Central

Module XML: m17191_1.10.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.10 Feb 21, 2009 10:39 am US/Central by Susan Dean
Changes:
The Chi-Square Distribution: Test of Independence:  Updated glossary item "Contingency Table."

Version: 1.9 Feb 5, 2009 11:10 am US/Central by Susan Dean
Changes:
The Chi-Square Distribution: Test of Independence:  In the table with title "Number of Hours Worked Per Week by Volunteer Type (Observed)," added the column totals and the row totals.  Under this table, completed the phrase "The table contains" with the phrase "observed (O) values (data).

Version: 1.8 Oct 27, 2008 9:19 pm GMT-5 by James Cooper
Changes:
roles updated

Version: 1.7 Jul 15, 2008 9:40 am GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes:
removed image width params from media tags

Version: 1.6 Jul 9, 2008 3:57 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes:
table corrections again

Version: 1.5 Jul 9, 2008 3:52 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes:
table corrections

Version: 1.4 Jul 9, 2008 10:18 am GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes:
Corrected example solution

Version: 1.3 Jul 8, 2008 8:00 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes:
post review edits

Version: 1.2 Jul 7, 2008 5:41 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
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post review updates

Version: 1.1 Jul 5, 2008 2:42 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes:
Initial publication

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