As a general rule,the larger the degrees of freedom for a chi-square test,______.
A) the smaller the critical value will be
B) the larger the critical value will be
C) the smaller the level of significance will be
D) the larger the level of significance will be

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The critical value for a chi-square test increases as the degrees of freedom increase. This is because as the sample size increases (and degrees of freedom increase), the distribution becomes less spread out and more normal. As a result, we need a larger critical value to reject the null hypothesis and achieve the same level of significance.

As a General Rule,the Larger the Degrees of Freedom for a Chi-Square