A test that is conducted to determine whether or not to reject a hypothesized probability distribution is known as a:
A)test of independence.
B)contingency table test.
C)probability distribution test.
D)goodness-of-fit test.

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A goodness-of-fit test is used to determine whether a hypothesized probability distribution fits well with the observed data. It compares the expected frequencies from the hypothesized distribution with the observed frequencies from the sample data to determine if there is a significant difference. The other options (A, B, and C) are not specific to testing the fit of a probability distribution to the data.

A Test That Is Conducted to Determine Whether or Not