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Identifying Parameter For Testing in Given Real-Life Problems

The document explains the importance of parameters in statistical analysis, defining them as numerical quantities that characterize a population. It distinguishes between parameters and statistics, with parameters representing true population values and statistics being sample-derived measures. Additionally, it provides examples of parameters and their notation, emphasizing their role in hypothesis testing.

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Identifying Parameter For Testing in Given Real-Life Problems

The document explains the importance of parameters in statistical analysis, defining them as numerical quantities that characterize a population. It distinguishes between parameters and statistics, with parameters representing true population values and statistics being sample-derived measures. Additionally, it provides examples of parameters and their notation, emphasizing their role in hypothesis testing.

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Identifying Parameters

for Testing in Given


Real-Life Problems
Objectives
1. define the parameters used
in statistical analysis; and
2. identify the parameter to
be tested in a real-life
problem.
Parameters in statistics are important
component of any statistical analysis. In
simple words, a parameter is any
numerical quantity that characterizes a
given population or some of its aspects.
This means the parameter tells us
something about the whole population.
However, the numerical
measure that is calculated from
the sample is called statistic.
Statistic is a known number and a
variable that depends on
the portion of the population.
A parameter denotes the true value that would be
obtained if a census rather than a sample was undertaken.

Examples of parameters are the measures of central


tendency. These tell us how the data behave on an
average basis. For example, mean, median, and mode
are measures of central tendency that give us an idea
about where the data concentrate.

Meanwhile, standard deviation tells us how the data are


spread from the central tendency, i.e. whether the
distribution is wide or narrow. Such parameters are often
very useful in analysis.
In the normal distribution, there
are two parameters that can
characterize a distribution - the mean
and standard deviation. By varying
these two parameters, you can get
different kinds of normal distribution.
Different symbols are used to denote
parameters. symbols are grouped as indicated
in the table below.
Identifying Parameter to be Tested
Illustrative Examples:
1. The average height of adult Filipinos 20 years
and older is 163 cm for males.
Parameter: the average height of adult
Filipinos 20 years and older

translated into symbols such as 𝛍=𝟏𝟔𝟑 where 𝛍


In hypothesis testing, the parameter will be

is the symbol for mean/average and 163 is the


value that pertains to the average height.
2. A Grade 11 researcher reported that the
average allowance of Senior High School

mean allowance of ₱120. At 𝛼 =0.01 test, it


students is ₱100. A sample of 40 students has

was the claimed that the students had


allowance of ₱ 100. The standard deviation of
the population is ₱50.
Parameters: the average

students is ₱100 or 𝝁=₱𝟏𝟎𝟎


allowance of Senior High School
3. According to a survey, 63% of the
parents are willing to spend extra money
for their children’s health and education
matters.
Parameter: the
percentage/proportion of parents
willing to spend extra money in their
children’s health and education

𝒑 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟑
matter or
Directions: Determine the notation of the given
parameter, inequality symbol, or value of the
parameter.

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