11.7: Key Terms

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    Key Term Definition
    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).

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