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Introductory Statistics

Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

$Math Studyset Vaia Explanations$ Math

OER 2018 Edition · 902 pages

ISBN: 9781938168208

Chapter 11: Q 57 (page 658)

$How are tests of independence similar to tests for homogeneity?$

Short Answer

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Both sorts of tests are concerned with data that has been cross-classified.

Step by step solution

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Given Information

We have to explain the similarities between test of independence and the test for homogeneity

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Explanation

Some of the parallels between tests of independence and tests of homogeneity are as follows:

Both sorts of testing deal with data that has been cross-classified.

Both test is carried out in the same way.

In both circumstances, the testing statistics are the same.

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Determine the appropriate test to be used in the next three exercises.

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