 Pearson chi-squared goodness-of-fit test (source code)

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= Pearson chi-squared goodness-of-fit test
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For observed cell counts $O_j$ and null expected counts $E_j$, the statistic is
$$
X^2=\sum_j\frac{(O_j-E_j)^2}{E_j}.
$$
With $k$ specified null cell probabilities and sufficiently large expected counts, its null limit is $\chi^2_{k-1}$.

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