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   Yates's correction

   /ˈjeɪtsɪz/

   noun

   • 1. a correction for the discreteness of the data that is made in the chi-square test when the number of cases in any class is small and there is one degree of freedom.

   Word Origin 1930s: named after Frank Yates (1902–94), English statistician.

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