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A Comparison of Some Continuity Corrections for the Chi-Squared Test on 2×2 Tables

Michael Haber Department of Mathematical Sciences, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA
Pages 510-515 | Received 01 Aug 1978, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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