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What is the chi-squared test? The chi-squared test, often written as χ 2 test, is a statistical hypothesis test used in the analysis of categorical variables to determine whether observed data are ...

Editor's Note: This post references research by Diederik Stapel. Many of his studies have since been found to be fradulent. Tomás de Torquemada, "The hammer of heretics," would have loved to hate the ...