The Chi-Squared Distribution

The sum of ν squares of independent standard normal random variables is a chi-squared random variable with ν degrees of freedom. This distribution is a special case of the gamma distribution that arises in statistics when estimating the variance of a population. The red vertical line marks the mean of the distribution.

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