Setting Up a Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

A scientist samples 80 birds and records species. There are 5 species being studied.

Bird Species Counts Sp1 Sp2 Sp3 Sp4 Sp5 25 15 12 14 14

A test that all five species are equally likely uses df = ?

  • A

    5

  • B

    3

  • C

    9

  • D

    4

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Explanation

For GOF with 5 categories, df = k - 1 = 4.

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