The closer the observed frequencies are to the expected frequencies in each cell of the contingency table ________.
A)the larger will be the value of the chi-square statistic
B)the larger will be the critical value from the chi‐square distribution
C)the smaller will be the value of the chi-square statistic
D)the smaller will be the critical value from the chi‐square distribution

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The chi-square statistic measures the deviation between the observed frequencies and the expected frequencies in each cell of a contingency table. If the observed frequencies are closer to the expected frequencies, it indicates that there is less deviation, and therefore the value of the chi-square statistic will be smaller.

The Closer the Observed Frequencies Are to the Expected Frequencies