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Chi-square Test

Statistics & analysis

Definition

A test of association between categorical variables (test of independence) or of an observed distribution against an expected one (goodness of fit).

Where it's used

Testing whether adoption of a practice differs by sector
Checking sample representativeness against known population proportions

Software used

SPSSRPythonJASP

Related concepts

t-test p-value Correlation ANOVA Average Variance Extracted (AVE)Bootstrapping

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