Pearson chi-squared test

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gptkbp:instanceOf statistical analysis
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs chi-square test
gptkbp:alternativeForSmallSamples gptkb:Fisher's_exact_test
gptkbp:application genetics
contingency tables
survey analysis
gptkbp:appliesTo categorical data
gptkbp:assumes independent observations
sufficiently large sample size
gptkbp:category nonparametric test
gptkbp:decision compare p-value to significance level
gptkbp:degreesOfFreedom number of categories minus one
gptkbp:distributionUnderNull gptkb:chi-squared_distribution
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
statistics
gptkbp:form sum of (observed - expected)^2 / expected
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pearson chi-squared test
gptkbp:introducedIn 1900
gptkbp:limitation sensitive to small expected frequencies
not suitable for small sample sizes
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Karl_Pearson
gptkbp:output p-value
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophical_Magazine
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fisher's_exact_test
gptkb:G-test
gptkb:likelihood-ratio_test
gptkbp:requires expected frequencies
observed frequencies
gptkbp:statistic chi-squared statistic
gptkbp:usedFor goodness of fit
testing independence of categorical variables
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mantel-Haenszel_chi-squared_test
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6