For the following Chi-square table, how many degrees of freedom should be used when calculating the p-value? Gender Phenotype O E O-E (O-E)2 (O-E)2/E Male Disease 99 101.5 -2.5 6.25 0.061576   WT 105 101.5 3.5 12.25 0.12096 Female Disease 0 0 0 0 0   WT 202 203 -1 1 0.004926   Total 406 406   19.5 0.187192 You do not need to know the degrees of freedom to calculate the p-value. a. 4 b. 5 c. 2 d. 3

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For the following Chi-square table, how many degrees of freedom should be used when calculating the p-value?

Gender

Phenotype

O

E

O-E

(O-E)2

(O-E)2/E

Male

Disease

99

101.5

-2.5

6.25

0.061576

 

WT

105

101.5

3.5

12.25

0.12096

Female

Disease

0

0

0

0

0

 

WT

202

203

-1

1

0.004926

 

Total

406

406

 

19.5

0.187192

You do not need to know the degrees of freedom to calculate the p-value.

a. 4

b. 5

c. 2

d. 3

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In statistics degree of freedom is defined as the set of independent variables or quantities to which a statistical distribution may be ascribed. It is frequently mentioned in statistics in connection to various types of hypothesis testing, such as the chi-square test.

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