Relative Age Effect and chi-squared statistics

Volume: 50, Issue: 6, Pages: 740 - 746
Published: Sep 1, 2015
Abstract
Traditionally, the Relative Age Effect (RAE) is determined with a chi-squared goodness-of-fit test based on a theoretical expected distribution of birthdates. This distribution must be that of the parent population, but many authors choose to replace it by a uniform distribution in order to simplify calculations. The consequences of this simplification are: (a) the actual Type 1 risk is no longer controlled at the conventional threshold of...
Paper Details
Title
Relative Age Effect and chi-squared statistics
Published Date
Sep 1, 2015
Volume
50
Issue
6
Pages
740 - 746
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