"An assessment of the correspondence between an observed pattern of data and a particular model of that data." What statistical construct is this a glossary definition of?
A)Analysis of Variance (AVOVA).
B)Correspondence inference.
C)Goodness of fit.
D)Chi-square.
E)Base rate.

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The glossary definition given is describing the concept of "goodness of fit" which is a statistical measure of how well a model fits a set of observed data. A high goodness of fit indicates that the model accurately represents the data, while a low goodness of fit indicates that the model does not fit well with the observed data.

"An Assessment of the Correspondence Between an Observed Pattern of Data