Which of the following assumptions is necessary to apply a goodness-of-fit test?
A)The population must be normally distributed.
B)The data are measured with a nominal or ordinal scale.
C)The population variance must be known.
D)The population mean must be known.

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A goodness-of-fit test is used to test whether an observed frequency distribution fits a theoretical distribution. It can be applied when the data are measured with a nominal or ordinal scale. The assumptions for this test do not require the population to be normally distributed or for the population variance or mean to be known.

Which of the Following Assumptions Is Necessary to Apply a Goodness-Of-Fit