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This paper presents a way to test the difference between twoX 2's. The test requires evaluating the difference with respect to theT m (x) Bessel function. Included is a table of the 5 percent and 1 percent points for the Bessel function with degrees of freedom up to 100.
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This investigation was supported by National Science Foundation Grant Number GE 9846.
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Knepp, D.L., Entwisle, D.R. Testing significance of differences between two chi-squares. Psychometrika 34, 331–333 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289361
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