Chi-square tests: Goodness of Fit for the Binomial Distribution @jbstatistics

Uploaded May 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

I work through an example of testing the null hypothesis that the data comes from a binomial distribution. I do this for two tests, one in which the probability of success is specified in the null hypothesis, and one where it is estimated from the data.

Data reference

The Larry Bird free throw data based on information in:

Wardrop, R.L. (1995). Simpson's paradox and the hot hand in basketball. The American Statistician, 49 (1), 24-28.

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