Karl Pearson's 1900 paper introducing the chi-squared goodness of fit test, published in the Philosophical Magazine, Series 5, volume 50, pages 157 to 175, under the full title On the Criterion that a Given System of Deviations from the Probable in the Case of a Correlated System of Variables is such that it can be Reasonably Supposed to have Arisen from Random Sampling.
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AuthorKarl Pearson
PublisherThe London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine
Publication Year1900
Source TypeJournal article
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