THE POWER OF CHI-SQUARE TYPE GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST STATISTICS

Michael Steele (Australia), Cameron Hurst (Australia) and Janet Chaseling (Australia)

Received April 21, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: goodness-of-fit, power, chi-square tests, discrete.