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GOODNESS OF FIT Definition & Legal Meaning

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Warm fuzzy; level of confidence. Degree of comfort that a sample survey’s or test result are reliable for making dependable projections. Described formally as the degree of linear correlation of variables, it is calculated using chi square test or coefficient of determination statistical methods.

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