A statistical test conducted to determine whether to reject or not reject a hypothesized probability distribution for a population is known as a _____ test.
A) comparison
B) probability
C) goodness of fit
D) normality

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A goodness of fit test is used to determine if a sample comes from a population with a specific probability distribution. It involves comparing the expected frequency of each category of a categorical variable with the actual observed frequency in the sample. Choices A and B are too general and do not specifically refer to this type of test. Choice D only applies to testing normality specifically, whereas the goodness of fit test can be used to test any hypothesized probability distribution.

A Statistical Test Conducted to Determine Whether to Reject or Not