Expected count: The count expected in each cell under the null hypothesis: (row total times column total) / grand total for two-way tables, or n times p_i for goodness-of-fit.
How to apply it: All expected counts must be at least 5 for the chi-square approximation to be valid.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
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