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Testing Significance of differences between Two Chi-Squares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Dennis L. Knepp  and
Doris R. Entwisle
Dennis L. Knepp
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
Doris R. Entwisle
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
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Abstract

This paper presents a way to test the difference between two X2's. The test requires evaluating the difference with respect to the Tm(x) Bessel function. Included is a table of the 5 percent and 1 percent points for the Bessel function with degrees of freedom up to 100.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 1969 , pp. 331 - 333
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

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This investigation was supported by National Science Foundation Grant Number GE 9846.

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