Contribution to chi-square: The term (observed minus expected) squared / expected for a single cell, showing which cells contribute most to the statistic.
How to apply it: Examine individual contributions to identify where the largest discrepancies between observed and expected lie.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
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