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Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Statistical Distributions > Chi-Square Distribution
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Natural Science Disciplines > Mathematics > Statistics as Topic > Statistical Distributions > Chi-Square Distribution
Mathematical Concepts > Statistical Distributions > Chi-Square Distribution

Preferred term

Chi-Square Distribution  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A distribution in which a variable is distributed like the sum of the squares of any given independent random variable, each of which has a normal distribution with mean of zero and variance of one. The chi-square test is a statistical test based on comparison of a test statistic to a chi-square distribution. The oldest of these tests are used to detect whether two or more population distributions differ from one another.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • Loi du khi-deux

    French

  • Distribution du Chi-2
  • Distribution du Chi-carré
  • Distribution du Chi-deux
  • Distribution du khi-2
  • Distribution du khi-carré
  • Distribution du khi-deux
  • Loi du Chi-2
  • Loi du Chi-carré
  • Loi du chi-deux
  • Loi du khi-2
  • Loi du khi-carré

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