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Expected Counts

The statistic that tests tex2html_wrap_inline4201 in tex2html_wrap_inline5467 tables compares the sample counts with expected/ counts that are calculated under the assumption that tex2html_wrap_inline4201 is true. The expected count in the ijth cell of the table is denoted by tex2html_wrap_inline5763 . For an tex2html_wrap_inline5467 table, the expected counts/ are calculated from the marginal totals in the samples count table using the formula

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Jan Lethen
Wed Nov 13 16:20:46 CST 1996