When should the Yates correction for continuity be used? A) in 5 × 5 tables when degrees of freedom are 25 B) in 2 × 2 tables when degrees of freedom are

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When should the Yates correction for continuity be used?
A) in 5 × 5 tables when degrees of freedom are >25
B) in 2 × 2 tables when degrees of freedom are <5
C) in 2 × 2 tables when any expected cell counts are <5
D) in tables of any size when the critical value exceeds the degrees of freedom

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The Yates correction for continuity is used in 2 × 2 contingency tables when any of the expected cell counts are less than 5 to adjust for the approximation of the chi-square distribution.

When Should the Yates Correction for Continuity Be Used