The following table represents the number of absences on various days of the week at an elementary school. $\begin{array} { c | c | c | c | c } \text { Monday } & \text { Tuesday } & \text { Wednesday } & \text { Thursday } & \text { Friday } \\\hline 45 & 32 & 17 & 25 & 38\end{array}$
Identify the critical value for a goodness-of-fit test, assuming a 0.05 significance level.

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The following table represents the number of absences on various days of the week at an elementary school.

\begin{array} { c | c | c | c | c } \text { Monday } & \text { Tuesday } & \text { Wednesday } & \text { Thursday } & \text { Friday } \\\hline 45 & 32 & 17 & 25 & 38\end{array}

Identify the critical value for a goodness-of-fit test, assuming a 0.05 significance level.

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The degrees of freedom for the test is 4 (number of categories - 1). At a 0.05 significance level, the critical value from the chi-square distribution table for 4 degrees of freedom is 9.488.

The Following Table Represents the Number of Absences on Various