Which of the following would be the recommended action if the expected frequency for a particular category is less than 5 in the goodness-of-fit chi-square test?
A) Decrease the significance level so that each category will have an expected frequency greater than 5.
B) Combine adjacent cells so that the result will have an expected frequency greater than 5.
C) Increase the sample size so that each category will have an expected frequency greater than 5.
D) Either b or c could be used to ensure that each category will have an expected frequency greater than 5.
E) Either a,b or c could be used to ensure that each category will have an expected frequency greater than 5.

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Combining adjacent cells or increasing the sample size are both valid strategies to ensure that each category has an expected frequency greater than 5 in a chi-square test. Decreasing the significance level does not directly affect the expected frequencies in each category.

Which of the Following Would Be the Recommended Action If