Understanding the degrees of freedom concept by computer experiments

American Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-237

  Sullivan, Jerry ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi square distribution; Computer simulation; Degrees of freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030337168     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1996.10474386     Document Type: Article

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