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Module by: Susan Dean, Dr. Barbara Illowsky

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Name: The Chi-Square Distribution: Goodness-of-Fit Test
ID: m17192
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module describes how the chi-square distribution is used to conduct goodness-of-fit test.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: chi, elementary, fit, good, square, statistics, test
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Dr. Barbara Illowsky (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maxfield Foundation (cnx@cnx.org)
Maintainers: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Dr. Barbara Illowsky (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)
Version: 1.6 (history)
Created: Jul 5, 2008 2:16 pm GMT-5
Revised: Oct 27, 2008 8:41 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.6 Oct 27, 2008 8:41 pm GMT-5 by James Cooper
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