38 Bioinformatics- ICAR JRF/SRF 2024 MCQ (Single Correct) In a Chi-square test, the contingency table has 5 rows and 5 columns. What is the number of degrees of freedom? A 10 Correct Incorrect B 12 Correct Incorrect C 16 Correct Incorrect D 25 Correct Incorrect Check Answer EXPLANATION Statistical Distributions, Hypothesis Testing & Quantitative Genetics in Genomics Degrees of Freedom in Contingency Tables:For an $r \times c$ two-way contingency table with $r$ rows and $c$ columns testing for independence of attributes using the Chi-square statistic: $$df = (r - 1) \times (c - 1)$$ Given $r = 5$ and $c = 5$: $$df = (5 - 1) \times (5 - 1) = 4 \times 4 = 16$$ Conclusion: The number of degrees of freedom is 16 (Option 3). Correct option: (3) 16 Explanation not matching this question? क्या व्याख्या इस प्रश्न से मेल नहीं खा रही? Report Prev Next