By combining cells we guard against having an inflated test statistic that could have led us to incorrectly accept the null hypothesis.

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Combining cells typically addresses the issue of having expected frequencies too low for the chi-square test's assumptions, not inflating the test statistic. It helps ensure the validity of the test rather than affecting the acceptance of the null hypothesis directly.

By Combining Cells We Guard Against Having an Inflated Test