Test for Goodness of fit- Sept. 12/ 2012

Chi square goodness of fit...
-used in testing to see whether a frequency distribution fits a specific pattern
- Hypotheses:
       H_o: .... show no preference ....

       H₁: .... show preference....

- Degree of Freedom

       n-1

-Formula for the Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test

-Assumptions for Chi Square Goodness of Fit

      1. The data that  are obtained from a random sample.

      2. The expected frequency for each category must be 5 or more.

-Procedure

      1. State the null hypothesis and identify the claim.
      2. Find the critical value.
      3. Compute the test value. (sum of the values)
      4. Make the decision.
      5. Summarize the results.

Oh well, that's all that I can remember...

By: Carl Joel E. Palma III-Gold