A chi-square goodness-of-fit test to determine if the observed frequencies in ten categories are Poisson distributed has nine degrees of freedom.
Answer False

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A chi-square goodness-of-fit test to determine Poisson distribution with k categories has (k-1) degrees of freedom. Therefore, for ten categories, the degrees of freedom would be (10-1) = 9.

A Chi-Square Goodness-Of-Fit Test to Determine If the Observed Frequencies