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Launch ↗ Chi-Square Statistical Activity
Real biological data never match a prediction exactly, so biologists need a way to judge whether a difference is meaningful or just chance. The chi-square test compares the counts you observed with the counts your hypothesis expected, then weighs the result against a critical value. Here you work through datasets and decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.
Launch InteractiveTopics covered
- Chi-square goodness of fit
- Null hypothesis testing
- Observed and expected counts
- Critical values and p values
- Expected genetic ratios
- Analyzing biological data
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