Symbol and Notation OPTS502M201921-2

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• For a Chi Square distribution with 10 degrees of freedom,

• The Chi Square value of 18.307 is located such that
• 5 % of the area is to the right of this.

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 Reading the table for 5% OPTS502M201921-2
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on the right side

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• For a Chi Square distribution with 10 degrees of freedom,

• p(X210 dof > 18.307 ) = 5 %

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 Notice the difference? OPTS502M201921-2
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• In the normal distribution table,

• we look for horizontal axis (the random variable z) value in
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the left column and the top row,

• then find the corresponding probability inside the table.
• In the Chi Square table, probability is given in the top row.
• The degrees of freedom is given in the left column
• We find the horizontal axis (the random variable Chi
Square) inside the table.

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 Reading the table for 5% OPTS502M201921-2
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on the left = 95% on right

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• For a Chi Square distribution with 10 degrees of freedom,

• p(X210 dof > 3.940 ) = 95 %

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 Graph of right and left tail OPTS502M201921-2
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values of Chi Square

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Why we do not have -3.94 and +3.94 like the Z distribution ?

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 Using XL OPTS502M201921-2
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• When we know the value of the random variable and we

want to find the probability use one of these two.
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• p(X24 dof ≥ 7.5) = CHISQ.DIST.RT(7.5,4)

• p(X24 dof ≤ 7.5) = CHISQ.DIST(7.5,4,1)

• Here the 1 is used to denote cumulative probability

• If we use zero, we will get the density (height of the graph

from the horizontal axis).

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 Using XL OPTS502M201921-2
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• When we do not the value of the random variable and

want to find the value corresponding to some probability,
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use one of these two.

• If we know that p(X24 dof ≥ A) = 0.3

• To find A, use =CHISQ.INV.RT(0.3,4)

• If we know that p(X24 dof ≤ B) = 0.25

• To find B, use = =CHISQ.INV(0.25,4)

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 DO NOT USE OPTS502M201921-2
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=chisq.test(….)

Do not try to use XL ahead of learning the theory.

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The theory for this we will learn in Chapter 12 of this book.

But not now.

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