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Hypothesis Testing Intro
Hypothesis Testing Intro
-Ma’am Quin
OBJECTIVES
• Define Hypothesis Testing
• Understand the idea about
hypothesis testing
• Formulate statistical
Hypothesis
WHAT IS THE MOST
POPULAR MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION USED
BY THE STUDENTS?
SCENARIO
Suppose the principal wants to know
how the students go to school so
that the matter will be brought to the
attention of the local parent-teacher
association for action and to the
community officials for policy
formulation. How will you decide?
What evidence does the principal
need in order to be credible?
COLLECT
DATA
FROM THE
STUDENTS
QUESTIONS:
DIRECTIONAL
- also called as one-tailed
test utilizes the > or <
symbol
Right-tailed(>) terms
“greater”, “more than”,
“improves”, “higher”, etc.
Left-tailed(<) terms
“less than”, “decrease”,
“lower”, “below”, etc.
2 TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS
NON- DIRECTIONAL
- Also called as
two-tailed utilizes ǂ
symbol.
DIRECTIONAL OR NON-
DIRECTIONAL?
“A mother wants to
prove that reading
books to children
improves their thinking
processes”
DIRECTIONAL
Because of the word
“IMPROVES”
DIRECTIONAL OR NON-
DIRECTIONAL?
“A store keeper
thinks that time of
day influences sales
of ice cream”
NON-
DIRECTIONAL
Formulate the null and alternative hypothesis in symbol.
EXAMPLE:
“The average TV viewing
time of all five-year old
children is 4 hours”
Null hypothesis:
H0: μ= 4 hours
“The sample comes from
a population mean whose
mean is 4 hours.”
Alternative hypothesis:
(Non-directional)
Directional or Non-Directional?
3. Jane claims that the
performance of the students
watching K-dramas is decreasing.
Their mean performance this year
is 87.
Directional or Non-Directional?
4. The average age of all youth in
a remote area is 19 years.
8. A nutritionist claims
that her developed
bread is fortified with
vitamin B
Directional or Non-directional
9. A musician believes
that listening to classical
music affects mood.
Directional or Non-directional