21.065 how to use Chi-square correctly

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty willard.mccarty_at_kcl.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 06:30:21 +0100

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         Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 06:26:17 +0100
         From: Maurizio Lana <m.lana_at_lett.unipmn.it>
         Subject: Re: 21.059 how to use Chi-square correctly

At 09.35 30/05/2007, Norman Gray (Humanist Discussion Group) wrote:
>I don't believe anything has changed in the way that chi-squared is
>defined or used. Nor has much changed (unfortunately) in the way and
>extent that it is abused. [...]

Am I the only one interested to know more=20
(possibly with examples) about how the chi-square test is abused?
If you Norman could take us by hand and write=20
down a small description about how the test is=20
used correctly and how to avoid the abuse...
With thanks in advance
maurizio

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