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Note on the derivation and distribution of Pearson's x2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

A. C. Aitken
A. C. Aitken
Affiliation:
The Mathematical Institue, 16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, 1.
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The object of this note is to deduce from first principles the probability differential of Pearson's x2, and to account for “degrees of freedom.”

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , May 1939 , pp. 57 - 60
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1939