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On Comparing Two Observed Frequency Counts
Author(s) -
Kupperman Morton
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985757
Subject(s) - statistics , mathematics
A simplified method of calculating the χ 2 statistic for deciding whether or not two sample frequency counts came from the same unspecified population is discussed. An alternative statistic is presented; it is based on information‐theory considerations and has the advantage of being simpler to calculate.