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QUAN 2010 Notes Introduction to Business Statistics

Section 11.1 The Chi-square Distribution

Figure 11.1.1.
Chi-square Distribution (Made in GeoGebra by Chris Rosenthal)

Investigation 11.1.1.

(a)

The \(\chi^2\) distribution curves are not symmetric, but instead are .....
We can use Table 8 in Appendix A of your book to find critical \(\chi^2\) values. The notation for these is \(\chi^2_{\alpha,df}\text{.}\)
  1. Find the desired significance level, \(\alpha\text{,}\) across the top of the table.
  2. Locate \(df\) along the left of the table.
We can also find critical \(\chi^2\)-values using the Excel command
\begin{equation*} CHISQ.INV.RT \end{equation*}

Exercise 11.1.2.