Calculation of the Test Statistic
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Compute Chi-Square
Statistic
The first step is to calculate
the chi-square statistic by
comparing the observed and
expected frequencies.
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Degree of Freedom P-value
The next step is to determine The final step is to calculate
the degrees of freedom, the p-value, which indicates
which depend on the number the probability of getting a
of categories and the number chi-square statistic equal to
of variables or samples being or larger than the calculated
analyzed. value by chance alone.