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chi-square distribution

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A probability distribution widely used in inferential statistics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Examples

  • 1992, Harold R. Lindman, Analysis of Variance in Experimental Design, Springer, Softcover Reprint, page 7, The chi-square distribution with ν degrees of freedom is defined to be the distribution of the sum of ν independent squared random variables, each having the standard normal distribution.

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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 卡方分佈 /卡方分布 (kǎfāng fēnbù) — probability distribution
  • Czech: chí-kvadrát rozdělení — probability distribution
  • Finnish: khii toiseen -jakauma — probability distribution
  • Georgian: ხი-კვადრატ განაწილება (xi-ḳvadraṭ ganac̣ileba) — probability distribution
  • Icelandic: kí-kvaðratsdreifing — probability distribution
  • Icelandic: kí-í-öðru dreifing — probability distribution
  • Icelandic: kí-í-öðru-dreifing — probability distribution
  • Icelandic: χ2-dreifing — probability distribution
  • Polish: rozkład chi-kwadrat — probability distribution
  • Portuguese: distribuição qui-quadrado — probability distribution
  • Russian: распределе́ние хи-квадра́т (raspredelénije xi-kvadrát) — probability distribution
  • Swedish: chitvåfördelning — probability distribution
  • Turkish: ki kare dağılımı — probability distribution
  • Turkish: ki-kare dağılımı — probability distribution