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CH 9 Notes: Hypothesis Testing (p.3) : Testing A Single Mean
CH 9 Notes: Hypothesis Testing (p.3) : Testing A Single Mean
CH 9 Notes: Hypothesis Testing (p.3) : Testing A Single Mean
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Wednesday,July27,2011 3:25AM
TestingaSingleMean
Youaretesting,youarenottestingxbar. Ifyouknewthevalueofmu,thentherewouldbenothingtotest!! Ican'temphasizethisenough. Thevalueforallpopulationparametersintheteststatisticscomefromthenull hypothesis.Thisistruenotonlyformeans,butallofthetestingwe'regoingtobedoing.
TestStatisticforHypothesisTestsaboutaPopulationMean: Known
Ifthepopulationstandarddeviation,,isknown,thenthepopulationmeanhasanormaldistribution,and you willbeusingthezscoreformulaforsamplemeans. The criticalvalueisobtainedfromthenormaltable,orthe bottomlinefromthettable. Theteststatisticformulais:
GeneralPattern
Noticethegeneralpatternoftheseteststatisticsis(observed expected)/standarddeviation.
TestStatisticforHypothesisTestsaboutaPopulationMean: Unknown
Ifthepopulationstandarddeviation,,isunknown,thenthepopulationmeanhasastudent'stdistribution,and youwillbeusingthetscoreformulaforsamplemeans. Theteststatisticisverysimilartothatforthezscore, exceptthat sigmahasbeenreplacedbysandzhasbeenreplacedbyt.The criticalvalueisobtainedfromthet table.Thedegreesoffreedomforthistestisn1.
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Ch9Notes:HypothesisTesting(p.4)
Wednesday,July27,2011 2:57AM
SingleProportionsTesting
Youaretestingp,youarenottestingpbar.Ifyouknewthevalueofp,thentherewouldbenothingtotest!! Thepopulationproportionhasan approximatelynormaldistributionifnpandn(1p)arebothatleast5. Rememberthatweareapproximatingthebinomialusingthenormal,andthat thepwe'retalkingaboutis theprobabilityofsuccessonasingletrial. Thecriticalvalueisfoundfromthenormaltable,orfromthebottomrowofthettable. Thestepsinvolvedinthehypothesistestingremainthesame.Theonlythingthatchangesistheformulafor calculatingtheteststatisticandperhapsthedistributionwhichisused.
PValueApproach
ThePValue(ProbabilityValue)Approachtreatshypothesistestinginadifferentmanner. Insteadofcomparingzscoresortscores,you'recomparingprobabilities,orareas. Thelevelofsignificance()istheareainthecriticalregion(i.e.theareainthetailstotherightorleftofthe criticalvalues). Thepvalueistheareatotherightorleftoftheteststatistic.Ifitisatwotailtest,thenlookupthe probabilityinonetailanddoubleit.
Rejectthenullhypothesisifthepvalueislessthanthelevelofsignificance.
Anyproportionequivalenttothefollowingstatementiscorrect: Theteststatisticistothepvalueasthe criticalvalueistothelevelofsignificance.
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QuizReview HWHandout(part1)
Wednesday,July27,2011 5:52AM
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QuizReview HWHandout(part2)
Wednesday,July27,2011 6:13AM
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QuizReview HWHandout(part3)
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