goodness-of-fit test

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test
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Recent software enables estimation of the ' full ' model, which produces more efficient parameter estimates and a globalgoodness-of-fittest.
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Variables were tested for normality of distribution by means of thegoodness-of-fittest.
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The chi-squaredgoodness-of-fittestwas performed to ascertain how much the observed frequencies departed from the expected frequencies of dispersion model.
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The chi-square (x2)goodness-of-fittestwas used to determine if any tick had a significant affinity for any particular type or types of mammalian species.
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We also based our model selection on the 2goodness-of-fittest.
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In this and subsequent tables, statistical significance is inferred using the chi-square goodness-of-fittestand taking into account proportional differences in sample sizes.
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The number of visits observed was different from the expected among host species (2goodness-of-fittest).
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Agoodness-of-fittestrevealed no differences of gender or age distribution between those who completed the study and those who did not.
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The x2goodness-of-fittestwas used to determine if any species of tick exhibited a significant association with any mammal species or group of closely related species.
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Second, a randomization test on the basis of 2goodness-of-fittestwas performed to avoid the problem of non-independence caused by spatial autocorrelation.
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The goodness-of-fit tests comparing the observed abundance distributions to those predicted by the six models considered, however, did not provide conclusive results.
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Differences in parasitism at various densities were tested using 2 goodness-of-fit tests on the frequencies of parasitized and unparasitized larvae.
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Hudson et al. proposed applying these variables to a chi-squared,goodness-of-fittest.
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