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goodness-of-fit test  

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  • A statistical test to see whether a model fits a set of data, whether it matches a theoretical expectation. The most commonly used test is the ∗chi-squared test; the bigger the chi-squared statistic, the poorer the fit, the smaller the better. [Source: Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology; Goodness-of-Fit Test]

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