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We previously noted the widespread occurrence in nature of the chi-square probability law. It was also found to describe the random behavior of the sample variance. Here we shall show how the chi-square law may be used to describe the state of “significance” of a set of data.
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Frieden, B.R. (1991). The Chi-Square Test of Significance. In: Probability, Statistical Optics, and Data Testing. Springer Series in Information Sciences, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97289-8_11
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