goodness of fit

noun

1. statistics the extent to which observed sample values of a variable approximate to values derived from a theoretical density, often measured by a chi-square test

Example Sentences

“We’re always in a perpetual state of analyzing the goodness of fit for any institutions that were coming to the Big Ten Conference.”

From Washington Times

It is not a state of goodness of fit.

From Salon

Holt has “a goodness of fit” for the program, agreed Steve Ridge, president of the media strategy group at Frank N. Magid Associates, a venerable TV-news consulting company.

From Washington Post

According to Levinson, we will not be happy if we achieve someone else's goals on someone else's terms: “It is not a matter of how many rewards one has obtained; it is a matter of the goodness of fit between the life structure and the self.”

From Scientific American

According to Levinson, we will not be happy if we achieve someone else's goals on someone else's terms: “It is not a matter of how many rewards one has obtained; it is a matter of the goodness of fit between the life structure and the self.”

From Scientific American