The degrees of freedom for a $x ^ { 2 }$ goodness-of-fit test when there are 6 categories and a sample of size 1200 is
A) 5
B) 6
C) 1199
D) 1205 12.2 Tests for Independence and the Homogeneity of Proportions
1 Perform a test for independence.

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The degrees of freedom for a chi-square goodness-of-fit test are calculated as the number of categories minus one. Therefore, with 6 categories, the degrees of freedom are 6 - 1 = 5.

The Degrees of Freedom for A x2x ^ { 2 }x2

The Degrees of Freedom for A $x ^ { 2 }$