HYPOTHESIS TESTING Nota Tiera

TRADITIONAL METHOD P-VALUE METHOD

1. State the hypotheses and identify the 1. State the hypotheses and identify the
claim. claim.
2. Find the critical value(s) from the 2. Compute the test value.
appropriate table. 3. Find the P-value.
3. Compute the test value. 4. Make the decision.
4. Make the decision to reject or not 5. Summarize the results.
reject the null hypothesis.
5. Summarize the results.

HYPOTHESIS-TESTING COMMON PHRASES

> <
Is greater than Is less than
Is above Is below
Is higher than Is lower than
Is longer than Is shorter than
Is bigger than Is smaller than
Is increased Is decreased or reduced from

¿ ≠
Is equal to Is not equal to
Is the same as Is different from
Has not changed from Has changed from
Is the same as Is not the same as

OUTCOMES OF A HYPOTHESIS-TESTING SITUATION

I. Claim is H 0

Reject H 0 Do not reject H 0

There is enough evidence to There is not enough
reject the claim. evidence to reject the claim.
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II. Claim is H 1

Reject H 0 Do not reject H 0

There is enough evidence to There is not enough
support the claim. evidence to support the
claim.

OUTCOMES OF A HYPOTHESIS-TESTING SITUATION FOR TWO SPECIFIC CASES

I. Claim is H 0

Reject H 0 Do not reject H 0

There is enough evidence to There is not enough
reject the claim. evidence to reject the claim.
(a) Decision when claims is H 0 and H 0 is rejected.

II. Claim is H 1

Reject H 0 Do not reject H 0

There is enough evidence to There is not enough

support the claim. evidence to support the
claim.
(b) Decision when claim is H 1 and H 0 is not rejected

DECISION RULE WHEN USING A P-VALUE

If P-value ≤ α , reject the null hypothesis.

If P-value ¿ α , do not reject the null hypothesis.