11.8: Key Terms
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Key Term | Definition |
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Contingency Table | a table that displays sample values for two different factors that may be dependent or contingent on one another; it facilitates determining conditional probabilities. |
Goodness-of-Fit | a hypothesis test that compares expected and observed values in order to look for significant differences within one non-parametric variable. The degrees of freedom used equals the (number of categories – 1). |
Test for Homogeneity | a test used to draw a conclusion about whether two populations have the same distribution. The degrees of freedom used equals the (number of columns – 1). |
Test of Independence | a test used to draw a conclusion about whether two populations have the same distribution. The degrees of freedom used equals the (number of columns – 1). |