May 22, 2004 23:06
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English term

goodness of fit

English to Malay Tech/Engineering Mathematics & Statistics
Chi-square test is a statistical test for 3 types of analysis:
a. Goodness of fit

What does goodness of fit means?

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com May 23, 2004:
Thanks Melayujati, but I need the Malay translation as well. Could you help?

Proposed translations

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data distribution test

Goodness of fit is a test for the distribution of statistical data. It tests whether the collection of data follow a certain distribution (statistically).
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kebagusuaian

dari Ist Statistik DBP = kesesuaian antara model andaian dengan model tercerap
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kebagusan penyuaian

Istilah Matematik DBP: goodness of fit = kebagusan penyuaian

http://www.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Psych205/chisquaregood.h...
"The Chi Square Goodness of Fit test determines if the observed frequencies are different from what we would expect to find (we expect to see equal numbers in each group within a variable)."

In other words, how close the predicted values are to the actual values. If you plot these values in a graph, how close these 2 lines resemble each other.
Peer comment(s):

agree ajali : 100 %. Also use by University Malaysia. http://mnt.math.um.edu.my/BIBM/Istilah.mat?abj=g
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