Consider a multinomial experiment with 200 trials,where the outcome of each trial is classified into one of 5 categories.The number of degrees of freedom associated with the chi-squared goodness-of-fit test equals:
A)195
B)40
C)5
D)4

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The number of degrees of freedom in a chi-squared goodness-of-fit test for a multinomial experiment is equal to the number of categories minus 1. Therefore, the number of degrees of freedom in this scenario would be 5-1 = 4. Option D is the only choice that corresponds to this number of degrees of freedom.

Consider a Multinomial Experiment with 200 Trials,where the Outcome of Each