Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to perform the following:

  • Describe the difference between a goodness-of-fit chi-square and a chi-square test of independence, and identify when to use each
  • Describe the logic of the chi-square statistic
  • Write the null and research hypotheses for goodness-of-fit chi-square and a chi-square test of independence
  • Compute the chi-square statistic and determine if the null hypothesis should be rejected
  • Summarize the results of a chi-square