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End of Chapter 4 Summary - Hypothesis Testing

The document summarizes Chapter 4 on hypothesis testing, defining key concepts such as null and alternative hypotheses, and the significance levels. It outlines the steps involved in conducting a hypothesis test, from defining hypotheses to interpreting conclusions. The chapter emphasizes the importance of understanding critical regions and the probability of errors in hypothesis testing.

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End of Chapter 4 Summary - Hypothesis Testing

The document summarizes Chapter 4 on hypothesis testing, defining key concepts such as null and alternative hypotheses, and the significance levels. It outlines the steps involved in conducting a hypothesis test, from defining hypotheses to interpreting conclusions. The chapter emphasizes the importance of understanding critical regions and the probability of errors in hypothesis testing.

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End of chapter 4 summary - Hypothesis testing

Glossary Definitions:

FStats1 Spec: 4.1, 4.2 The assumption or unchanged


1 Null Hypothesis, Ho
condition.

The changed condition or the


Pearson FS1: Ch4 Alternative Hypothesis, situation if there is evidence that
2
H1 your null hypothesis should be
rejected.
Prior Knowledge and skills: The alternative hypothesis
Discrete Random specifies a single critical region
3 One-tailed
Variables based on an increase or a
decrease.
Poisson Distributions
The alternative hypothesis
Binomial Approximations specifies that there is a change,
4 Two-tailed but not the direction of this
change and therefore there are
Maths Topic Links: two critical regions.
Chi-Squared Tests
The probability of incorrectly
5 Significance Level
Probability Generating rejecting Ho
Functions

Quality of Tests Skills, facts and formulae:

Define the test statistic (the


6 Hypothesis Test: Step 1 value that is going to be assessed
Subject Links, Careers and for a change)
Practical Usage:
Define the null and alternative
Data Analysis 7 Hypothesis Test: Step 2
hypotheses.
Academic Research
8 Hypothesis Test: Step 3 Define the significance level.

Find the probability of achieving


9 Hypothesis Test: Step 4 the value that may signify a
change.

Compare your probability in step


10 Hypothesis Test: Step 5
4 to the significance level.

State whether you have


11 Hypothesis Test: Step 6 sufficient evidence to reject Ho or
to fail to reject Ho

Interpret your conclusion by


12 Hypothesis Test: Step 7
using the context of the test.

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