Goodness-of-fit test

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012431",
  "term": "Goodness-of-fit test",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. A procedure for critiquing and evaluating the potential inadequacies of a probability distribution model with respect to its fitness to represent a particular set of observations.\n\n2. A method for examining how well (or poorly) a sample of data can be described by a hypothesized probability distribution for the population.",
    "A quantification of how well a statistical model describes a set of observations. Usually, such tests quantify the differences between observed values and those expected under a model of interest and calculate the probability the observed differences would occur if there were actually no difference between the observed and expected values."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "GoF Test",
  "subject": [
    "Research",
    "Information management and systems"
  ],
  "references": [
    "FAO/WHO 2003b; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "EPA Definitions of Terms Relevant to PRA and References for Further Reading at http://www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/rags3adt/pdf/appendixe.pdf",
    "CADDIS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/goodness-of-fit-test/"
}