Chi-Square Tests: Master Independence, Goodness-of-Fit, and Homogeneity Analysis

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the chi-square test for independence?

Accepted Answer

Data is normally distributed.

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Observations are independent.

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Sample size is sufficient (expected cell frequencies are at least 5).

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Variables are categorical.

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of calculating the Chi-Square statistic in a hypothesis test?

Accepted Answer

To determine if there is a statistically significant relationship between the variables.

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To estimate the expected frequency for each cell.

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To test the goodness-of-fit of a distribution.

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To determine the sample size needed for a study.

Question 3

In the context of a Chi-Square test, what does a p-value less than 0.05 typically indicate?

Accepted Answer

The null hypothesis should be rejected.

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The alternative hypothesis should be accepted.

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The data is not statistically significant.

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The sample size is too large.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a potential limitation of using a Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

It is a versatile and powerful statistical tool.

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It can only be used with categorical data.

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It can be sensitive to small sample sizes.

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It can be affected by the presence of outliers.

Question 5

Which of the following would be a valid conclusion based on a Chi-Square test for homogeneity?

Accepted Answer

There is a statistically significant difference in the proportions of the categories.

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There is no statistically significant difference in the means of the groups.

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The data is not normally distributed.

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The sample size is too small.

Question 6

In a Chi-Square test, how is the expected frequency for a cell calculated when the row and column totals are known?

Accepted Answer

Row total multiplied by Column total divided by Grand total

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Row total added to Column total divided by Grand total

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Row total subtracted from Column total divided by Grand total

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Grand total divided by Row total multiplied by Column total

Question 7

A key assumption of the Chi-square test of independence is:

Accepted Answer

The expected frequencies in each cell should be at least five.

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The variables being tested are numerical.

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The variables being tested are normally distributed.

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The data is a random sample from the population.

Question 8

What is the formula to calculate degrees of freedom for a Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

Multiply the number of rows minus 1 by the number of columns minus 1.

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Add the number of rows and the number of columns.

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Multiply the number of rows by the number of columns.

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Subtract 1 from the total number of cells in the contingency table.

Question 9

Which of the following is a crucial assumption for conducting a Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

The observations must be independent from each other.

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The data must be normally distributed.

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The sample size must be sufficiently large.

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The variances of the compared groups must be equal.

Question 10

Which type of Chi-Square test is used to examine whether two categorical variables are unrelated?

Accepted Answer

Independence test

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Goodness-of-fit test

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Homogeneity test

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Contingency table analysis

Question 11

In a Chi-Square test, what is the critical value?

Accepted Answer

The value that divides the acceptance and rejection regions.

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The value of the Chi-Square statistic.

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The p-value.

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The level of significance.

Question 12

In a Chi-Square test for independence, what is the null hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

The variables are independent.

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The variables are not independent.

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The observed frequencies are equal to the expected frequencies.

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The p-value is less than 0.05.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a step in conducting a Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

Drawing conclusions solely based on the p-value

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Formulating the null and alternative hypotheses

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Calculating the expected frequencies

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Calculating the Chi-Square statistic

Question 14

In a Chi-Square goodness-of-fit test, what does a high Chi-Square statistic suggest?

Accepted Answer

The observed data significantly deviates from the expected distribution.

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The observed data aligns well with the expected distribution.

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The sample size is too large.

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The level of significance is low.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the Chi-Square Test?

Accepted Answer

Normally distributed data

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Data independence

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Minimum expected frequency of 5 in each cell

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Categorical variables

Question 16

What is the degree of freedom for a Chi-Square Test with 3 rows and 4 columns?

Accepted Answer

6

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8

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10

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12

Question 17

In a Chi-Square Test of Independence, what is the null hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Two variables are independent

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Two variables are not independent

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Two variables are correlated

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Two variables are uncorrelated

Question 18

In a Chi-Square Test of Goodness of Fit, the null hypothesis is that:

Accepted Answer

Observed frequencies match expected frequencies

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Observed frequencies differ from expected frequencies

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The sample is representative of the population

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The distribution is normal

Question 19

In a Chi-Square test involving two categorical variables, what's the initial step?

Accepted Answer

State hypotheses (null and alternative)

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Calculate expected frequencies

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Compute the Chi-Square statistic

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Determine degrees of freedom

Question 20

The chi-square test statistic is used to assess the likelihood that:

Accepted Answer

The observed frequencies differ significantly from the expected frequencies in a contingency table.

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The sample mean is significantly different from a specified value.

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The sample proportion is significantly different from a specified value.

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The sample variance is significantly different from a specified value.

Question 21

A chi-square test of goodness-of-fit is used to determine if:

Accepted Answer

The observed frequencies in a single categorical variable differ significantly from the expected frequencies based on a specified distribution.

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The mean of a sample is significantly different from a specified value.

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The proportion of successes in a sample is significantly different from a specified value.

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The variance of a sample is significantly different from a specified value.

Question 22

A chi-square test of independence is used to determine if:

Accepted Answer

The variables being tested are independent of each other.

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The proportions of successes across multiple groups are equal.

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The means of multiple groups are equal.

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The variances of multiple groups are equal.

Question 23

The degrees of freedom for a chi-square test of independence with r rows and c columns in the contingency table is:

Accepted Answer

(r - 1) * (c - 1)

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r + c

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r * c

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The number of expected frequencies in the contingency table

Question 24

Which measure of effect size is NOT appropriate for the Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

Pearson's correlation coefficient

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Cramer's V

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Contingency coefficient

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Lambda

Question 25

Which category of the Chi-Square test is used to determine if the proportions of two or more populations are equal?

Accepted Answer

Homogeneity of proportions

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Independence

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Goodness-of-fit

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Contingency table analysis

Question 26

When conducting a Chi-Square Test for Independence, what actions can you take if you encounter low observed frequencies?

Accepted Answer

Combine categories to increase expected frequencies.

Accepted Answer

Switch to Fisher's Exact Test, which is designed for small sample sizes.

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Ignore the low frequencies and continue with the test.

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Apply a logarithmic transformation to the data.

Question 27

The primary purpose of a chi-square test is to determine:

Accepted Answer

The level of association or independence between two or more categorical variables

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The mean value of a population

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The standard deviation of a data set

Question 28

Among the assumptions of the chi-square test of independence, which is considered critical?

Accepted Answer

The expected frequency for each cell should be 5 or greater

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The data must be normally distributed

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The sample size should be at least 50

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a type of chi-square test?

Accepted Answer

Test of homogeneity of means

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Test of goodness-of-fit

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Test of homogeneity of variances

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Test of independence

Question 30

A manufacturing firm aims to determine if there's a relationship between the production shift and the number of defective products produced. Which chi-square test would be suitable?

Accepted Answer

Test of independence

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Test of goodness-of-fit

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Test of homogeneity

Question 31

In a chi-square test, the degrees of freedom can be calculated as:

Accepted Answer

(Number of rows - 1) * (Number of columns - 1)

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Number of rows + Number of columns

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Number of variables - 1

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Sample size - 1

Question 32

How do sample size and expected frequencies affect the reliability of a Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

Reliability increases with both larger sample sizes and higher expected frequencies.

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Increased sample size and expected frequencies always enhance reliability.

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Larger sample sizes improve reliability, but expected frequencies have no impact.

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The number of expected frequencies is irrelevant; only sample size matters.

Question 33

Which of the following is the null hypothesis for a chi-square test of independence?

Accepted Answer

The row and column variables are independent.

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The variables are mutually exclusive.

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The chi-square statistic is zero.

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The expected frequencies are equal.

Question 34

A chi-square test of goodness-of-fit is used to test:

Accepted Answer

Whether the observed frequencies differ from the expected frequencies.

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Whether two categorical variables are independent.

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Whether three or more categorical variables are independent.

Question 35

What is the formula for calculating the chi-square statistic for a goodness-of-fit test?

Accepted Answer

Chi-square = Sum[(Observed - Expected)^2 / Expected]

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Chi-square = Sum[(Observed * Expected) / (Observed + Expected)]

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Chi-square = Sum[(Observed + Expected)^2 / Expected]

Question 36

A chi-square test of homogeneity is used to test:

Accepted Answer

Whether the proportions of a categorical variable are the same across two or more groups.

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Whether the observed frequencies differ significantly from the expected frequencies.

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Whether two categorical variables are independent.

Question 37

A company wants to test whether there is a relationship between gender and job satisfaction. Which type of chi-square test would be appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Chi-square test of independence

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Chi-square test of goodness-of-fit

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Chi-square test for trend

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Chi-square test of homogeneity

Question 38

A researcher wants to test whether the distribution of blood types in a population is the same as the expected distribution. Which type of chi-square test would be appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Chi-square test of goodness-of-fit

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Chi-square test of independence

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Chi-square test of homogeneity

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Chi-square test for trend

Question 39

Which assumption is NOT required for the validity of a Chi-Square test?

Accepted Answer

A small sample size

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Mutually exclusive categories

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Expected frequencies greater than 5

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Independent observations

Question 40

A Chi-Square test is used to determine whether there is an association between two categorical variables. What type of Chi-Square test would be used to assess this relationship?

Accepted Answer

Test of Independence

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Test of Goodness-of-Fit

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Test of Correlation

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Test of Homogeneity

Question 41

What does a significant Chi-Square test result indicate?

Accepted Answer

There is a statistically significant difference between the observed and expected frequencies.

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The data is unreliable.

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There is no statistically significant difference between the observed and expected frequencies.

Question 42

Which of the following is an advantage of using Chi-Square tests?

Accepted Answer

They can be used to analyze categorical data.

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They are very sensitive to small sample sizes.

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They can only be used to test for equality of proportions.

Question 43

A university wants to compare the satisfaction levels of students across different years of study. Which statistical test would be most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity

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ANOVA

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Chi-Square Test for Association

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t-test

Question 44

In a test of independence, the null hypothesis states that:

Accepted Answer

The variables are not associated.

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The expected frequencies are equal

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The variables have a negative correlation

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The variables have a positive correlation

Question 45

In a goodness-of-fit test, which statistic quantifies the discrepancy between observed and expected frequencies?

Accepted Answer

Chi-Square statistic

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Standard deviation

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Pearson correlation coefficient

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P-value

Question 46

A company claims that their product comes in three colors with equal probabilities. A random sample of 100 products reveals 35 red, 40 blue, and 25 green products. Calculate the expected frequency for each color.

Accepted Answer

33.33

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50

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25

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100

Question 47

Which type of error occurs when the null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected?

Accepted Answer

Type I error

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Measurement error

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Sampling error

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Type II error

Question 48

Which of the following is considered a categorical variable?

Accepted Answer

Gender

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Age

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Height

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Temperature

Question 49

In a Chi-Square test of independence, the degrees of freedom for a table with 'r' rows and 'c' columns is:

Accepted Answer

(r - 1) * (c - 1)

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r - c

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r + c

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r * c

Question 50

What is the null hypothesis for a Chi-Square test of independence?

Accepted Answer

The variables are independent.

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The variables have a linear relationship.

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The variables are correlated.

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The variables have a non-linear relationship.

Question 51

A company is testing if the distribution of product sales follows a certain ratio. Which Chi-Square test is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Goodness-of-fit test

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Homogeneity test

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Contingency table analysis

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Independence test

Question 52

What does a p-value of 0.02 in a Chi-Square test imply?

Accepted Answer

The null hypothesis is rejected.

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The null hypothesis is accepted.

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The test is inconclusive.

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The p-value is too large to draw any conclusions.