Interpreting the effect size for a chi-square test depends on the degrees of freedom for _____ in the contingency table.
A) the category in the rows
B) the category in the columns
C) either the category in the rows or in the columns, whichever is smaller,
D) either the category in the rows or in the columns, whichever is larger,

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The degrees of freedom for a chi-square test in a contingency table depend on the number of categories in both the rows and the columns, specifically calculated as (number of rows - 1) * (number of columns - 1). Therefore, it's not about the size of the categories but the combination of both rows and columns.

Interpreting the Effect Size for a Chi-Square Test Depends on the Degrees