most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-18T22:21:21Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/71746 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/71746/what-is-the-maximum-a-pearsons-chi-square-statistic-can-get Tal Galili 2011-07-31T18:11:47Z 2011-07-31T18:11:47Z

<p>I actually know that the answer is $N(k-1)$ (where $k$ is the minimum between number of rows and number of columns).</p> <p>However, I can not seem to find a simple proof for why the statistic is bounded by this. Any suggestions (or references?)</p>