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In chi-squared test for goodness of fit; how do we calculate the expected frequency...?

Number of mistakes per day: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

The observed frequencies (Oi) are : 143, 90, 42, 12, 9, 3 and 1

and the expected frequencies (Ei) are given as: 123.2, 109.6, 48.8, 14.5, 3.2, 0.6 and 0.1

Would you be kind enough to tell me how Ei are being computed?

Update:

Significane level = 0.05

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Generally for expected frequencies for mistakes, the Poisson distribution is used. The mean is calculated by the observed frequency, and then probabilities are calculated using Poisson distribution, finally multiplying the probabilities with total frequency you get the Expected frequency.

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