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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PHS.BGSM.WFU.EDU!UEBERSAX
  3. X-VMS-To: STAT
  4. Message-ID: <01GTU2RC5SHS91VSQG@phs.bgsm.wfu.edu>
  5. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.stat-l
  6. Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:14:00 EST
  7. Sender:       STATISTICAL CONSULTING <STAT-L@MCGILL1.BITNET>
  8. From:         UEBERSAX@PHS.BGSM.WFU.EDU
  9. Subject:      correct chi-square character
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  12. Does anyone know the correct typographical form for the Pearson chi-square
  13. statistic?  Standard texts like Bishop, Fienberg & Holland show it as
  14. X^2, but is the X an upper-case "ex" or an upper-case Greek chi?
  15.  
  16. John Uebersax
  17. uebersax@phs.bgsm.wfu.edu
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