The X2 statistic is performing at least as well as G2 , throwing doubt on the claim by Dunning ( 1993 ) that the G2 statistic is better suited for use in corpus-based NLP .
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figures in brackets give the average number of generalised levels . The X2 statistic is performing at least as well as G2 , throwing doubt on the claim by Dunning ( 1993 ) that the G2 statistic is better suited for use in corpus-based NLP . The results show clearly that the average level of generalisation is slightly higher for G2 than X2 .
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