How to find the degrees of freedom for a chi-square variable

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How does one find the degrees of freedom for a Chi-square random variable when trying to fit a distribution to a sample?

I read an explanation regarding this in this source. I don't understand how to find it yet. Can someone explain this to me?

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1.Divide your measurements into categories, which can be qualitative characteristics or ranges of numbers.


  1. Degrees of freedom = number categories minus one.

In the example, you have three categories, which are the three soil types. so the number of degrees of freedom is 2.