M2. Hypothesis Testing.

Question 1

• STATEMENT about the VALUE of a POPULATION PARAMETER.
• assertion/ proposition about the RELATIONSHIP bet. 2 or more variables.
• formulated as a result of years of observation & research.

Answer 1

Statistical Hypothesis

Question 2

• METHOD OF MAKING DECISIONS whether from CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT or OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.
• culminated in either REJECTION or NON-REJECTION of NULL HYPOTHESIS.

Observational Study: not controlled.

What are the 2 hypothesis being compared here?

Answer 2

Hypothesis Testing

1. Null Hypothesis
2. Alternative Hypothesis

Question 3

7 steps of Hypothesis Testing:

Answer 3

1. State the Ho & Ha hypothesis.
2. Level of Significance.
3. Select Test Statistics.
4. Critical Region.
5. Compute Test Statistics.
6. Statistical Decision.
7. Draw Conclusion.