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The Application of the Chi-Square Test of Goodness-of-Fit to Mortality Data Graduated by Summation Formulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

J. H. Pollard
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In his paper of 1941, Seal included details of some experiments he performed in an attempt to estimate the appropriate number of degrees of freedom for the chi-square goodness-of-fit test of a summation formula graduation. These results are referred to by Tetley and by Benjamin and Haycocks in their textbooks when they mention the difficulty of determining the number of degrees of freedom or mean chi-square value.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 97 , Issue 2-3 , December 1971 , pp. 325 - 330
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

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References

(1) Benjamin, B. and Haycocks, H. W. The Analysis of Mortality and Other Actuarial Statistics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1970.Google Scholar
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