AP® Statistics · Unit 3 · Topic 3.15

Expected Counts and the Chi-Square Statistic

Watch it explained

  1. How it worksWalk me through the row total times column total over grand total rule for expected counts.
  2. Worked exampleFind the expected count for a cell with row total 120, column total 90, and 300 overall.
  3. Worked exampleFind the chi-square statistic for a 2 by 3 table with counts 30, 45, 25, 50, 35, and 15.

Check yourself

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A two-way table cell has a row total of 144, a column total of 121, out of a grand total of 483. Find the expected count for that cell.

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